Somehow Iago manages to manipulate Othello into thinking that Desdemona cheated on him. When he demands that she show him the handkerchief he had given her, and she does not, he is convinced that she is being unfaithful. This is when he decides that he must kill her. Later in the novel...
But this version by Oliver Parker seems to pull it off.Being a touch put off by the fact that he had cast Laurence Fishburne as the moor, I watched it for the mere fact that Brannagh was playing Iago. Brannagh is the man who knows when it comes to the Bard, and being a slightly ...
Desdemona tries to distract Iago by asking him what he thinks of her, and he makes up a series of crude, sexist rhymes about different types of women. Even his rhyme about the perfect woman ends with the woman being nothing more than a hausfrau. Emilia, Desdemona, and Cassio are not imp...
Iago feels wronged and plans revenge against both men. He manipulates Cassio into tarnishing his own reputation and persuades Roderigo to attempt to kill Cassio. When this plot fails, Iago kills Roderigo to avoid being exposed. He convinces Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful and manipulates him ...