Question #2 on pg. 1119
This play is definitely a melodrama because it tries to get the reader (or viewer) to appeal to the characters' emotions. Throughout the play, Iago in the only character on stage but saying his thoughts to himself out loud in order for the audience to know what he's thinking. Often times, the reader will side with the character who is the one giving all the information to the audience because they sort of act like a narrator. In this play, I seem to side with Iago even though he is the bad guy. He is deceiving many people in this act including Montano, Cassio, and Othello. Iago convinces Cassio to drink wine until he's drunk by saying that "they are our friends. But one cup - I'll drink for you." (II.iii.31) Just like Iago wanted everything to happen, Cassio gets drunk and into a fight and almost kills Montano. After, Iago gets Othello to trust him, and it makes the reader seem to think that what Iago is doing may be okay. Experiencing the drama in this play is a significant factor since the play focuses on all of the drama being played out in the story. Shakespeare liked to incorporate the audience and their feelings in his works, and Othello is no different from his other works.
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