Act 2 Summary

Question 1

Scene 1

Answer 1

• Play moves from Venice to Cyprus
  -Iago, Emilia and Desdemona banter about women’s desire
• Iago underlying hostility towards women as sees them as deceptive
• Iago decides to use jealousy to enact his revenge through Desdemona and Cassio’s flirtation
• Sets the stage for Iago’s vengeance
• Iago is misogynistic
• Emilia is subservient

Question 2

Scene 3

Answer 2

• Iago encourages Cassio to drink
• Cassio fights Roderigo and Montano (wounded)
• Cassio id demoted
• Iago suggests Cassio appeals to Desdemona for his position back
• Iago offers a soliloquy
• Iago reassures Roderigo
• “Honest Iago” signifies how is adversaries plan their own destruction
• “Net”: Metaphor reflects how setting is a net, trap slowly closing in on its victims

Question 3

Exposition and Rising action in scene 1

Answer 3

• Storm is present