Othello Act 2, Scene 1

Act 2, scene 1 

Setting

• Cyprus is linked to the storm - passion, wild East
• Symbolic significance of the storm as a fierce battle between wind, lightning, sea and land = wars between Venice and Cyprus symbolic of disorder
• Elemental ferocity of nature in these passages is linked to Iago, for the "foul and violent tempest" which separated Ohtello and Cassio at sea, the wind which "speaks aloud at…