In the movie “Othello,” Iago and Othello is having a conversation about the handkerchief and Desdemona blaming Iago for taking it. Iago tells Othello that Cassio said he slept with Desdemona. Othello starts to freak out because he really love Desdemona and he would’ve never thought she would cheat on him. It goes into Othello daydreaming about Cassio and Desdemona sleeping together. In the movie it gives more live descriptions on how Othello pictured Cassio and Desdemona in bed together. The explaining of the movie shows Othello going into the trance and picturing them together but in the play it just says “fall in a trance.”(Act 4, scene 1, line 53) The way the play explains the conversation between Iago and Othello and the movie explains it is somewhat different because in the play Iago says “How is it general? Have you not hurt your head?” and Othello says “Dost thou mock me”(lines 72-73). But in the movie, Iago says “how is it,general?” Then Othello says “did he confess it?” This shows you that the movie switch parts around to make it sound better and more interesting than the play. In the play, Iago says “What,
If I had said I had seen him do you wrong?”(Act 4, Scene 1, lines 29-30) he was about to tell Othello false important about Cassio and Desdemona. In the movie, Iago said that part with more sad emotions on his false information he was about to tell Othello. He said it has it was true and he felt bad for Othello but he really didn’t because this was his plan.
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This scene I found very interesting because you can really see how evil Iago really is, Also I found interesting that he plays the villain so well and he’s a master of devising his plans and setting them in motion. Also in the movie, I feel that iago portrays his characteristics of being a villain in a higher level. We are able to see his plans and his emotions when he’s manipulating everybody. I certainly agree with Williams that in the movie Othello dream of Cassio and Desdemona sleeping together is more descriptive and more lively than how it’s portrayed in the book.