Iago Quotes

Question 1

I know..

Answer 1

I know my price- Iago
Iago has an overweening of self confidence and is full of arrogance and pride
-Shakespeare personifies malice through Iagos character
-the play shows how easy it is for someone with such malicious ruthless and clever behaviour can manipulate others
-offers a disturbing view of human characters as changing and unstable - we are all more vulnerable to manipulation than we think

Question 2

Sport…

Answer 2

Sport and profit
-ruthless- exploits people for entertainment
-in this soliloquy shakepeare emphasises Iagos Machiavellian tendencies- exemplified more when Iago talks to Rodrigo and exploits him for money using Rodrigo’s lust over desdemona
-we see his duplicitous nature when he talks to othello and strays from any loyalty with anyone
-he is shakespeares stereotypical villain and a dramatic device to fit thr tragedy genre

Question 3

Hell and ni….

Answer 3

Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth- act 1
-diabolic language- birth of jealousy
-twisting the miracle of birth to talk about something deathly
-hellish language associates him with dark and evil forces
-the storm comes immediately after his invocation to hell and night- he conjured evil and witchcraft
-the storm could be perceived as metaphorical representation of Iagos destruction

Question 4

I’ll set…

Answer 4

I’ll set down the pegs that make this music- act 2
Othello snd Des marriage is in perfect harmony
Their Melodie’s are in sync with one another
Iagos plans manipulate the tune by threatening to ‘untune’ their happiness like untuning a stringed instrument to set their marriage out to tune

Question 5

I am….

Answer 5

I am not what I am- act 1
Self confessed deceiver
Parodying god- bible says ‘ I am that I am’- goes against god enforcing him as a satan-like figure preying on the Christian audience