Othello: A Tragic Tale of Jealousy and Deception - Prof. Castillo Martín, Apuntes de Teatro

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Othello

act V

Francisco Javier Castillo

Scene 1

Iago instructs Roderigo to ambush Cassio, but Roderigo misses his mark and Cassio wounds him instead. Iago wounds Cassio and runs away. When Othello hears Cassio’s cry, he assumes that Iago has killed Cassio as he said he would. Lodovico and Gratiano enter to see what the commotion is about. Iago enters shortly thereafter and flies into a pretend rage as he “discovers” Cassio’s assailant Roderigo, whom he murders. Cassio is taken to have his wound dressed.

Leopold Bara, Austrian painter (1846-1911)

Christian Kohler (1809-1861)

Othello’s monologue

Othello tells Desdedoma she is going to die, as she had an affair with Cassio

Scene 2: Desdemona’s bedchamber

• Montano, Gratiano, and Iago come into the room. Iago attempts to silence Emilia, who realizes what Iago has done. At first, Othello insists that Iago has told the truth, citing the handkerchief as evidence. Once Emilia tells him how she found the handkerchief and gave it to Iago, Othello is crushed and begins to weep. He tries to kill Iago but is disarmed. Iago kills Emilia and flees, but he is caught by Lodovico and Montano, who return holding Iago captive. They also bring Cassio, who is now in a chair because of his wound. Othello wounds Iago and is disarmed.

Othello: What seemed to be true

now turns to be false

• Desdemona has been an faithful wife
• Iago was not an honest man: his forgeries, and

lies made Desdemona to appear as a disloyal

woman

• The handkerchief, the ocular proof of

Desdemona’s disloyalty was not so

• Emilia and Roderigo play a very important role

to unmask Iago

• Cassio was not Othello’s rival.