Iago Flashcards
peak of achievements
“Now art thou my lieutenant “
Best way to kill Desdemona
“Do it not with poison. Strangle her in her bed,even the bed she hath contaminated”
Scheming nature of cunning Iago -
“Now whether he kill Cassio, or Cassio him, or each do kill the other, very way makes my gain”
Shows moral blindness and Iagos powers
O brave Iago , honest and just, that hast such noble sense of thy friends wrong. Thou teachest me
Shows dishonesty faults and admitting to being cunning
I am not what I am
Ironic
Inability to portray humble at his own expense
Shows cleverness and wish to be more dishonest
I lack inquiry sometimes to do me service
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As little web as this will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio
Ironic
Willing to do same to Othello
Soliloquy
The thought where of like a poisonous mineral gnaw my innards
No motive ?
Refusing to explain himself
Demand me nothing
What you know , you know .
From this time forth I never will speak word
Misogynist
Come on come on you are pictures out o doors… housewives in your beds
Modern Iago
Wasn’t willing to accept life
Rather rely on himself
“Virtue! A fig! Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus