Act I Summary:Othello
...affect with his evil schemes and might use it to overthrow Othello. After hearing the news that the lieutenancy was given to Cassio, Iago teams up with Roderigo, a former suitor to Desdemona and comes up with a plan to get revenge on Othello. Iago purposely uses Roderigo to tell Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, that Othello and Desdemona are having an affair. This evil scheme for revenge, which Iago knew, would enrage Brabantio and that it would make him seem innocent. Brabantio, wanting to get his hands on Othello, he sets out with his armed men to look for Othello. Iago plan has goes live! In the following scenes, Iago meets up with Othello and they have a little chat. Iago gives Othello threats that his love life is about to come to an end. Othello on the other hand is confident in himself and his love with Desdemona. He is confident that she likes him as much as he does. Cassio, lieutenant arrives with orders for Othello: Othello is to meet with the duke and senators of Venice about a Turkish invasion of the Venetian colony of Cyprus. Brabantio arrives with his men and forces Othello to accompany him to the duke, its like a trial, in this case Othello is the defendant. The case is about the “theft” of Desdemona from Brabantio and Othello’s defense to that is that they both love each other, there was no pushing involved. When the trial begins, they both plead their case. Brabantio demonstrates that his daughter would never do anything this monstrous; he suggests that she was bewitched into falling in love with Othello. Othello then proposes the true saying from his heart that they are greatly in love....