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Othello - Iago Quotes
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- 1"mere prattle without practice / is all his soldiership"> criticising Othello's judgement before we meet him, manipulating audience
> criticising Cassio's skills
> professional jealousy - 2"I follow him to serve my turn upon him"> bitter, wants revenge
> only does things for himself - 3"I am not what I am"> sets out to deceive people, appearances can be deceptive, foreshadowing
> open blasphemy - 4"I hate him as I do hell's pains"> openly declaring hatred for Othello
- 5"it is merely lust of the blood and permission of the will"believes true love doesn't exist
- 6"it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets / He's done my office"> thinks Othello's slept with his wife
> motive??? - 7"Hell and night / Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light"draws the audience in and proclaims he has a plan
dark and sinister - 8"With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great as fly as Cassio"> he plans to capture Cassio and bring him down as well as Othello
- 9"put the Moor / At least into a jealousy so strong / That judgement cannot cure"> wants Othello to be overwhelmed / consumed with jealousy
- 10"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving"> shows his negative attitude to reputation
> hidden criticism of Cassio, professional jealousy - 11"When devils will the blackest sins put on, / They do suggest at first with heavenly shows / As I do now"> appearances are deceptive
> plans to be evil, the devil but appear good and honest - 12"I'll pour this pestilence in his ear"he is going to use his words as poison to Othello
- 13"It is the green eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on"refers to jealousy, warning Othello that it consumes you
- 14"were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, / As salt as wolves in pride"uses sexual animal imagery to lie about Desdemona and Cassio to Othello and stimulate a reaction
- 15"bear your fortune like a man!" "be a man" "nothing of a man"continually saying that Othello isn't behaving like a man
show's Othello's vulnerability and Iago's power, control and confidence as he does not react - 16"he hath a daily beauty in his life / That makes me ugly"> feels inferior to Cassio
> shows JEALOUSY
> hates all things good, honest, pure - 17"From this time forth I never will speak word"manages to torment Othello further by withholding information/ explanation
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