Othello #4 Suspense

Suspense is created in the play by Iago because he is very open with the audience about his plan and his thoughts. The audience has the advantage of knowing his inner thoughts and plans, as well as the interactions among characters and Iago's predictions of the actions of other characters. In this case the audience know everything because they are not interacting with the characters, rather, they are just watching. The suspense is mostly derived from whether or not Iago's plan will work out and whether his predictions of the character's reaction will play out to be true. The audience has the most information as the play proceeds we hear Iago's thoughts, we see the private interactions, and we see the action unfold. Iago is the second most informed because he is the character running the show with the other characters as his puppets in his game. I think the next most informed would probably be Roderigo because even though he is duped by Iago the whole play, Iago needs to use somebody and he needs to trust somebody with at least some of his plan. I think the least informed character is the title character, Othello, because everything is happening because of him and he is the one who was supposed to come out hurt in the end.