Othello - Day 3

Today we watched more of the film, with several key events:

• Cassio getting drunk and Othello removing him from his position
• Iago telling Cassio to speak with Desdemona, to try to get back into Othello's favor
• Iago suggesting to Othello that the conversations between Cassio and Desdemona are not innocent, that they are having an affair
• Desdemona accidentally leaving her handkerchief behind - the one Othello gave to her
• Iago's wife, Emilia, finds the handkerchief - Iago uses it to further suggest Cassio is guilty
• Othello responds to these accusations by going into epileptic fits
• Othello declares he will murder Desdemona - Iago suggests he do it be strangling her in their bed - and that Cassio will be killed

Tonight, read and write in your journal about scenes 2 & 3 of Act I.

Next class, we'll finish the film!