Iago Flashcards
1
Q
How is Iago presented through the play?
A
Iago is seen the same way throughout the play - a Machiavellian, untrustworthy, duplicitous villain
2
Q
“It is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets/He’s done my office”
A
Iago: Act 1, Scene 3
AO1: Past participle verb - “done my office”
AO2: implies a sexual affair between Othello and Iago’s wife Emilia who goes unnamed until Act 3 (jealous that Othello can easily fill in his “office”, which he sees as his only job within his marriage)
AO3: women in ‘Othello’ and Renaissance society being seen only as sex objects
