Othello has risen to the high rank of General in the Venetian army. He has promoted Cassio instead of his loyal assistant Iago, and he has married Desdemona, a senator's wife, secretly. Now Iago, desiring revenge, sides up with Roderigo, to bring down Othello and Cassio.
After Desdemona admits she married Othello of her own accord, Iago decides his first step is to discredit Cassio. He gets him drunk and orchestrates a fight between Cassio...
Othello has risen to the high rank of General in the Venetian army. He has promoted Cassio instead of his loyal assistant Iago, and he has married Desdemona, a senator's wife, secretly. Now Iago, desiring revenge, sides up with Roderigo, to bring down Othello and Cassio.
After Desdemona admits she married Othello of her own accord, Iago decides his first step is to discredit Cassio. He gets him drunk and orchestrates a fight between Cassio and Roderigo. When Othello hears of this chaos, he demotes Cassio. Knowing he will be desperate to get his job back, Iago urges Cassio to seek Desdemona's advice and to plead with her to speak to Othello on his behalf.
Next Iago plants the idea in Othello's mind that Desdemona is cheating on him. He steals a family heirloom and plants it with a prostitute who knows Cassio. After a case of mistaken identity, Othello becomes certain that Iago is right.
Othello then decides to kill Desdemona. He does so and almost immediately learns that she had been, indeed, faithful. Iago has to kill Roderigo and even his own wife, to help keep his name out of the scandal, but he fails.
Othello dies, and Iago is arrested.
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