Act 1 (Venice) Act 2 (Cyprus) Act 3 Act 4 Act 5

Scene 1:• R & I argue• R & I shout to B, then I

leaves• B finds D missing & gets

police

Scene 2:• I talks to O about B• C comes with news of

war• B orders O’s arrest

Scene 3:• Senators discuss

possible war Turkey &Cyprus

• B & O talk in front ofsenators

• D gives her side of story• O leaves for Cyprus &

asks for D to come too• B warns O of D’s deceit• I & R talk• I 1st soliloquy

Scene 1:• Montano & 2 men

discuss events• C lands• D, I, E, R land & speak

to C• O arrives & goes with D• I tells R his plan• I 2nd soliloquy

Scene 2:• Herald announces

celebrations for Turkishfleet destruction & O/Dmarriage

Scene 3:• C gets drunk with I &

men• C fights R then

Montano• O speaks to men &

sacks C• I advises C• I 3rd soliloquy• I & R talk

Scene 1:• C talks to Emilia

Scene 2:• O leaves to inspect

fortifications

Scene 3:• D promises help C• O sees D & C talking• D asks O to help C• I drops hints about D• O soliloquy on infidelity of

women• D drops handkerchief & E

gives to I• O demands evidence of D’s

infidelity from I• I says C has D’s

handkerchief• O appoints I as lieutenant

Scene 4• O asks D for her

handkerchief; D asks himto help C

• C speaks to D• C gives handkerchief to

Bianca

Scene 1:• I drops hints to O• O has fit• O overhears C

talking to I aboutBianca, but thinks isabout D

• Bianca enters &throwshandkerchief at C

• O talks to I aboutkilling D & C

• Lodovico gives Oletter recalling O toVenice & making Cgovernor

• O hits D & shouts ather

Scene 2:• O speaks to Emilia &

D• I tells R to kill C

Scene 3:• D leaves dinner &

talks to Emilia &sings

Scene 1:• R attacks C; I stabs C &

R• Bianca & Emilia arrive; I

spreads lies about whathappened

Scene 2:• Othello soliloquy on

why must kill D• O suffocates D• Emilia tells O that R

dead, but C alive• Emilia speaks to D as

dying• O confesses to Emilia• Emilia reveals I’s

plotting & I kills her• O speaks to Lodovico &

others; truth isrevealed; I refusesspeak

• O stabs himself• Lodovico gives O’s

possessions to Gratiano& lets C decide I’spunishment

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