Act 3 Scene 2

Question 1

Scene 2 Summary

Answer 1

• Othello gives Iago orders to deliver letters, not letting the situation get in the way of his duties

Question 2

‘These letters give, Iago, to the pilot and by him do my duties to the senate’

Answer 2

Othello - Personal emotion does not cloud his duty

Question 3

‘My good lord I’ll do it’

Answer 3

Iago - Assumes Cassio’s position and could stop here but doesn’t (precedes turning point of the play)