STAGE DIRECTIONS

I believe that stage direction plays a key role in this play. If you're not paying close attention, it is easy to get confused. For example, when Iago is tricking Othello that he is talking to Cassio about Desdemona, but they are really talking about Bianca. Othello speaks during this scene, so it can be really confusing for someone to understand why Cassio isn't responding to him if you don't catch the line that says (OTHELLO retires). Although it is something quite small, it makes a world of a difference in the understanding. It was also essential to pay attention to stage direction in the final act when everyone was dying. It was important to know who was killing who. When we are expecting Roderigo to kill Cassio, it turns out to be the opposite. When Cassio "(stabs RODERIGO)", we see the play take a turn. All in all, if you don't pay attention to the stage directions in this play, you will most likely get completely lost and not have the correct understanding of what happened.