SUSPENSE

One of the questions is to answer how suspense was created. There is so much unknown information flying around in this movie. At this point, Iago is controlling a good majority of the characters. Othello has been lied to and is lacking crucial information (i.e. his wife is innocent!). He is in the dark about almost everything. Othello has no idea who his real friends are. Iago has this huge master plan that he is constantly telling the audience through the play. Once all the characters exit, he turns to the audience and unravels his next steps in the grand plan. Therefore, the audience has all of the information when the main characters are left in the dark. This lack of information leads to the death of Othello, Roderigo, Desdemona, Emilia, and probably other people that we don't even know about. Moral of the story, Iago and the audience are the only people who know the truth.