order, he is the official authority there. The Duke sends Othello to Cyprus and allows Desdemona to meet him there. He admires Othello as a public and military servant. Montano he is the governor of Cyprus. He supports Cassio in his attempted reconciliation with Othello and tries to make peace between Cassio and Rodrigo. Gratiano he is Brabantio's brother. He comes to Cyprus in the end of the play and tells about the death of Brabantio's. Lodovico he is one of Gratiano and Brabantio's kinsmen. He comes to Cyprus with Gratiano. He says Othello that he must leave Cyprus to Cassio's rule. He sais the final words of the play. Emilia she is Iago's wife and Desdemona's maidservant. She is strong, forthright and honest
worsens her case to her husband, solidifying his suspicions of their affair. Iago utilizes Roderigo one last time to help him in the murder of Cassio. The two however fail to kill Cassio, instead only wounding him. However, waiting for the cry of his death, Othello hears the attack and immediately takes to his part of the plan, going to Desdemona in her bed and smothering her with a pillow. In the final scenes, Iago’s wife Emilia reveals the ruse to Lodovico and Gratiano, their fellow Venetians, and incurs Iago’s anger, dying at his hands. Cassio however, having not been murdered in the street, confirms the tale and exonerates Desdemona and himself in the process. Othello however, has already killed his wife and in a final moment of despair, takes his own life for what he has done. Othello - A brilliant military mind and respected leader in Venice’s elitist society, Othello is a