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Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona
Iago serves as ensign
Othello chose to give the position to a man with no experience leading men in battle
Brabanzio, who is a Venetian senator
Brabanzio comes out of his house, furious that his daughter has left him. Declaring that his daughter has been stolen from him by magic
Brabanzio and his men follow Roderigo to Othello
Brabanzio, Roderigo, and Brabanzio’s men arrive to accost Othello
Brabanzio orders his men to attack and subdue Othello
Roderigo doesn’t even have the ability to woo Desdemona on his own: he has already appealed to Brabanzio for Desdemona’s hand and when that fails, he turns to Iago for help
Roderigo naively gives his money to Iago
Iago is a classic two-faced
Brabanzio twice accuses Othello of using magic to seduce his daughter and he repeats the same charge
a third time in front of the duke
Brabanzio insists that he wants to arrest and prosecute Othello specifically for the crime of witchcraft
not for eloping with his daughter without his consent
Brabanzio’s racism is clear—he claims that he simply cannot believe that Desdemona would be
attracted to the Moor unless her reason and senses were blinded
The duke’s meeting with his senators about the imminent Turkish invasion of Cyprus takes an unexpected
turn when a sailor arrives and announces that the Turks seem to have turned toward Rhodes, another island
controlled by Venice
One of the senators guesses that the Turks’ change of course is intended to mislead the
Venetians, because Cyprus is more important to the Turks and far more vulnerable than Rhodes, This guess
proves to be correct, as another messenger arrives to report that the Turks have joined with more forces and
are heading back toward Cyprus
Desdemona was moved to love Othello by his story
The duke decides that Othello must go to Cyprus to defend the island from the Turks
The war between the Turks and Venetians