Othello 2

Othello
William Shakespeare

Shakespeare uses foreshadowing at the beginning of Act II of Othello. As scene one opens, a storm is occurring on the sea where a flood has also occurred. The Turks are on ships that are on the sea at the time of the storm and the flood. As Montano and the gentlemen attempt to figure out what has happened to the Turks at sea, they come to the conclusion that the Turks may have drowned. Montano says that "if the Turkish fleet be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned"(II.i.17-18). The storm at the beginning of the Act foreshadowed the trouble that would soon occur involving Montano. One evening when Cassio was drunk, he beat Montano in a fight. Cassio was consequently stripped of his lieutenant title. However, Montano was also injured and hurt which was foreshadowed by the storm at the beginning of the Act. The events involving Montano and Cassio were some of the effects of the foreshadowing storm.