Author Question: For what major events does the merrymaking (proclaimed in Scene ii) giveopportunity? What will be ... (Read 27 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

For what major events does the merrymaking (proclaimed in Scene ii) giveopportunity?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What do the Cypriots think of Othello? Do their words (in Scene i) makehim seem to us a lesser man or a larger one?

What will be an ideal response?

rosiehomeworddo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Iago gets Cassio drunk and sets Roderigo upon him. When Othello discovers that Cassio has been brawling while on guard duty, he demotes him from his lieutenancy. Iago then advises Cassio to urge Desdemona to persuade Othello to reinstate him. Her spirited defense of Cassio feeds Othellos suspicions of an affair between them.

Answer to Question 2

Like the statements of the Duke in Act I, the comments of Montano and the other Cypriot gentlemen only serve to bolster our admiration for Othello as a brave and skilled warrior.