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Question 1

What is the setting in both the opening and the closing scenes in the play? What is the significance of this?

Answer 1

The night time opens and closes the play, suggesting that evil was always going to prevail.

Question 2

What is the significance of the storm in relation to Iago?

Answer 2

Following it, he arrives in Cyprus earlier than expected as the storm helps his progress. Symbolically, therefore, he is in charge at the new setting