

OTHELLO ACT 3 SCENE 4 MOVIE
He has also been portrayed by Nathaniel Parker in the 1995 movie production of Othello. The latter portrayed Cassio in Laurence Olivier's version of Othello, both on stage and screen. In productions of Othello, Cassio has been portrayed by actors such as Hayden Adams, Tom Hiddleston, Jonathan Bailey, and Derek Jacobi. Before Othello commits suicide, he apologizes to Cassio for believing Iago's lies about him. Cassio retaliates and mortally wounds Roderigo, but is himself stabbed from behind by Iago. Later in the play, Iago persuades Roderigo to assassinate Cassio, and together they arrange an ambush. As a result, Cassio loses his lieutenancy. The Cypriot governor Montano tries to end the fight by stepping between the two men, and Cassio, now blind drunk, strikes out at him. The source of the character is the 1565 tale 'Un Capitano Moro' by Cinthio Cassio is unnamed in Cinthio but referred to as 'the squadron leader'. Iago tricks Cassio into getting drunk and then incites his friend Roderigo to start a brawl with Cassio. Summary: Act III, scene iv Desdemona orders the clown to find CassioCassioMichael Cassio, or simply Cassio (/ksio/), is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's Othello. In the second act, Cassio's life is nearly ruined by Iago's cunning and his own foolishness. "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!. Othello's jealousy is eventually stoked by Iago into homicidal rage. Iago uses Cassio in his scheme to destroy Othello Iago insinuates throughout that Cassio is having an affair with Othello's wife, Desdemona. Iago claims to resent Cassio because Othello chose Cassio rather than Iago as his lieutenant, in spite of the fact that Cassio has no practical knowledge of battle.

There is a supposed rivalry between Cassio and the play's villain, Iago. Role in Othello Ĭassio is a gentlemanly Florentine soldier, a man of high manners and theoretical learning, and one of Othello's chief lieutenants. Cassio is based upon Cinthio's squadron leader. Gabriel Chappuy had produced a French translation in 1584, but Shakespeare's version hews more closely to the original. No English translation of Cinthio was available in Shakespeare's lifetime. His story may have been based on a historical incident which occurred in Venice around 1508. Othello has its source in the 1565 tale "Un Capitano Moro" from Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio.
