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- 1"In Following him I but Follow myself... I am not what I am" (1.1.57;64)Iago here reveals his capacity to hide his feelings and motives to that his actions don't reveal them.
- 2In Act 1, scene III Iago delivers soliloquy in which he says again that he hates the Moor... and that he believes the rumors that Othello had an affair with his wife Emilia..Iago lays out his plans to deceive the other characters, putting himself in the role of "director" of a kind play-within-the-play.
- 3Brabantio goes to search his house for his daughter worried because he has had a "dream" (1.1.140) anticipating these events.The language of "dreams" plays into the theme of appearance vs. reality.
- 4Iago's manipulationAs usual, Iago pretends that he does not want to say what he is about to say which makes what he is saying seem even more authentic. Because the audience knows that he's lying, though, his tactic are clear to us, but not to the any of the other characters . In this way, Iago makes the audience almost comes to the root for his success.
- 5Iago addresses the audience, outlining his plan: he will get his wife to set up a private meeting between Cassio and Desdemona, then make sure that Othello observes this meetingIago describes how he will stage yet another scene and control how the other characters will interpret it, much as a playwright does with every scene he or she writes .
- 6" Handkerchief" in European and renaissance love poetry, the handkerchief is typically a symbol for a woman's romantic favor. For instance, there was a particular ritual in which a lady would drop her handkerchief or a knight to pick up and keep as a token of her regard.The handkerchief that Othello gives Desdemona is similarly , a love-token and therefore a symbol of their love. But the handkerchief, which originally belonged to an Egyptian sorcerer, also comes to symbolize the illusions that Iago is "casting" through his plotting and subterfuge.
- 7Act 4 , Scene 1 Iago informs Cassio that this is Othello's second fit in many days, and though Cassio wants to help advises that it would be better if Cassio stayed away. He adds up that he'd like to speak with Cassio once Othello is betterAlthough Cassio shows real concern for Othello, Iago skillfully maintains exclusive control over his situation.
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