Dun...Dun...DAAA

(Othello, Shakespeare)

The strength of this play, and many other dramas, is dramatic suspense and timing in general. The play has many minor plot structures fueling the major storyline of Iago's revenge; Iago and Cassio are playing musical chairs in terms of position, Othello is being graded by Lodovico, Cassio has an amusing life with his mistress, and other subplots. Each plot seems to reveal Iago's true emotion, yet the plot always moves to a bigger issue. For example, Act I revealed that Iago was upset with his position, yet once he gets the position his hatred doesn't stop and by Act IV he is planing to kill Cassio regardless of his position. Every action leads to interest for the rest of the play, as the pieces fall into place. This play also forms unrealistic but impressiveconsequences throughout the play, such as when Emilia gets the handkerchief or Othello falls for Iago's scheme of making Cassio's description of his mistress appear to be Desdemona, which increase dramatic suspense and the depth of the plot. This method holds a reader interested more than any amount of silly study questions or blogs ever could. The dramatic suspense of this piece makes the work interesting and complex.