In the film, Othello has a dream of Desdemona and Cassio after Iago has told him how he thinks they are having an affair. The dream shows Desdemona sitting on a bed, nude from the back. As she goes to sit up, Cassio is revealed, looking back at Desdemona in surprise. At this moment, Othello wakes up in a panic, sweating and contemplating how the dream he had was actually a nightmare. Oliver Parker used this scene of Othello’s nightmare to give a more dramatic feel of Othello 's fear that Desdemona does not really love him, and that she will one day take Cassio as her lover instead. This scene is not portrayed at all in the play. Shakespeare does in fact make it clear that even though Cassio love and cares for Desdemona, he would never overstep the boundary between Desdemona and Othello . Although the play does a good job at showing the emotions in this time of the story, the scene in the film of Othello’s nightmare helps make the affair between Desdemona and Cassio seem more realistic and less like an
In the film, Othello has a dream of Desdemona and Cassio after Iago has told him how he thinks they are having an affair. The dream shows Desdemona sitting on a bed, nude from the back. As she goes to sit up, Cassio is revealed, looking back at Desdemona in surprise. At this moment, Othello wakes up in a panic, sweating and contemplating how the dream he had was actually a nightmare. Oliver Parker used this scene of Othello’s nightmare to give a more dramatic feel of Othello 's fear that Desdemona does not really love him, and that she will one day take Cassio as her lover instead. This scene is not portrayed at all in the play. Shakespeare does in fact make it clear that even though Cassio love and cares for Desdemona, he would never overstep the boundary between Desdemona and Othello . Although the play does a good job at showing the emotions in this time of the story, the scene in the film of Othello’s nightmare helps make the affair between Desdemona and Cassio seem more realistic and less like an