Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV.
Take notes: ACT IV: -Iago gets specific about Desdemona's infidelity. Othello has epileptic seizure. Iago tells Othello to hide and eavesdrop (listen in hiding) on Cassio's conversation. Cassio comes back and tells Iago about his being with Bianca. Othello thinks Cassio is talking about Desdemona. Bianca comes and tosses handkerchief to Cassio. In the meantime, visitors from Venice arrive to talk business with Othello. In anger, out of nowhere, Othello slaps Desdemona. Lodovico, (a gentleman from Venice and Desdemona's distant cousin) demands Othello to make amends to Desdemona for hitting her.
Othello questions Emilia about Desdemona's fidelity. Emilia defends Desdemona as innocent. Othello questions Desdemona and calls her terrible names. Desdemona asks Iago for help. Desdemona and Emilia talk about cheating on husbands. Desdemona says she would never betray Othello. Emilia says if the price were right, she would to make her husband king.