My favorite scene from the Shakespeare play Othello is the scene in which Iago is telling Othello about how his wife is cheating on him and lying to him. My favorite rendition of this scene was done by the cast of the 1995 which had Laurence Fishburne as Othello and Kenneth Branagh as Iago. I think that this is one of the best renditions of this scene because of the acting and how the director goes back and forth between the closeup of whispering in an ear and Iago getting close to Othello and telling him a story that is not true which Othello eventually believes. I then like how the music is changed to an evil music when Desdemona's friend takes the handkerchief Othello has given her.
This is interesting and important to the story because this is the beginning of the climax of the story in which we begin to see that the lie Iago has created is going the way he wants it to and that the end is not going to be a happy one. It is the first glimpse of the story in which we see just how strong Othellos love is for Desdemona and how angry he will be if his friends story is true.
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