"You must not think that I am drunk." -- Cassio

Today we did the same activity that we did yesterday with Iago's second soliloquy. Here's what we learned:

--Cassio and Desdemona are really close friends.
--Iago is also really close friends with Desdemona, but will have to hurt her if he wants to take Othello down.
--Iago again suspects that Othello has been with his wife, Emilia, and it's tearing him up inside.
--Because of that, he's going to take Othello down, wife for wife.
--He's going to make Othello so extremely jealous that he's not going to be able to think clearly.
--He'll use Cassio to trick Othello, because he thinks Cassio has been with Emilia, too. (Notice how paranoid and insecure he is about this.)
--Othello will eventually thank him for tricking him, because Othello will have no idea it's him.
--No one will ever suspect Iago behind this evil plan until it's done.

For the rest of the class period, we acted out Act II, Scene V. Here's what we learned:

--Iago ends up getting Cassio drunk (Cassio is a cheap drunk so it doesn't take much), because Iago knows Cassio gets angry when he's drunk
--Montano sees Cassio drunk and thinks it's best soemone go and tell Othello
--Cassio ends up fighting Roderigo and striking him.
--Montano tries to break up the fight. Meanwhile, Roderigo runs out and cries "mutiny" for Othello to wake up.
--Othello does wake up and looks to Iago to tell him the truth. Iago swears he knows nothing (trying to make himself look innocent), and Othello ends up trusting his advice.
--Othello takes away Cassio's position as lieutenant.
--Everyone leaves except Cassio and Iago. Cassio is deeply upset about what happened, so Iago tells him to  go talk to Desdemona. Since she's Othello's wife, maybe she can change his mind and get Cassio's position back. Cassio thinks it's a great idea and runs off.

For homework, you need to read and annotate Iago's third soliloquy. I couldn't find a video of the actual fight scene, but I did find a clip of the aftermath of it and Iago's soliloquy is in there afterward. Here it is:

Also, because I'm a Harry Potter freak (Othello fight scene done HP style):

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DEETS
In-class:
--Iago's 2nd soliloquy jigsaw
--Act II, Scene V role play

HW:
--Read and annotate Iago's 3rd soliloquy