Othello - Shakespeare - Question 7, time

The amount of time passing from scenes is variant. Between some, a week passes; between others, little but a moment passes. To cover some of the background events, reports are made of them. For example, "News lads! Our wars are done. The desperate tempest hath so banged teh Turks That their designment halts. A noble ship of Venice Hath seen a grievous wreck and sufferance on most part of their fleet." (II.i.20-24) In this circumstance, the battle at see was simply covered in a report instead of being acted out. The reason behind this is that the event is insignificant to the true conflict in the story. It simply sets an appropriate background. The mini fight between Montano and Cassio is dramatized because it advances the plot. The play's construction feels fairly loose. The characters come and go, but the story continues on. It does have some tight structure to it, but there is no sense of cut and dry this is what must happen next. This adds to the laid-back nature of Iago and his patience in his plan. It is an appropriate feel for the play.