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Rise Of Othello Research Paper
Samantha Sandoval
Professor Roscoe Johnson
MWF 9:10-10:00
11/15/2010

A Journey down Othello’s Rise & Demise The story of Othello first begins in seventeenth century Venice in the midst of the war between Venice and Turkey. The story first begins during an argumentative conversation between Roderigo and Iago—the villain. The conversation touched base on what their next move would be now that Roderigo’s love—Desdemona, has married the protagonist dubbed as Othello. Therefore Iago is more than willing to help Roderigo separate the two of them for personal issues that are not yet mentioned at the beginning of the story. This evidently led to an evil plot stemming from the mind of Iago.

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