Brabantio, Othello, and Desdemona appear before the Duke of Venice.
Feigning friendship and concern, Iago then meets with Othello and tells him of Brabantio's reaction. It is in the early hours of the morning, and two men - Roderigo, a young gentleman and former suitor of Senator Brabantio's daughter Desdemona, and Iago, an ensign who claims to have been passed over for promotion by Othello - are outside Senator Brabantio's house to tell him the news of his daughter's elopement with Othello, the Moor.Īfter sharing the news of the secret marriage in words calculated to alarm him, the treacherous and vindictive Iago quickly departs, leaving Roderigo to confirm the story. The play opens in the powerful city state of Venice, famous as a center of trade and banking and for its military might.
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