cassio quotes Flashcards
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Q
“reputation, reputation, reputation! O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immoral part of myself and what remains is bestial”
A
•left distraught- not because of professional downgrade but his loss of rep
•repeated tricolon
•hyperbolic contrast b/w ‘immoral’ + ‘bestial’- underscores the extent to which Cassio + the society cares about honour
•ironic giving Iago’s difference towards rep + the disreputable way in which he august-rates + swims among characters
•dramatic irony- whilst Cassio is cemented to bestiality, he’s completely unaware at the fact the character in front of him is the truly bestial man
