Iago's villainy

Question 1

poison his delight,/Proclaim him in the streets, incense her kinsmen

Answer 1

Iago 1.1 - demonstrates that Iago wishes to publicly humiliate Brabantio for Desdemona’s marriage to Othello and disgrace Othello for such a marriage without Brabantio’s agreement

Question 2

though he in a fertile climate dwell,/Plague him with flies!

Answer 2

Iago 1.1 - his desire to see Othello hurt and fallen and viewed by Venetian society as an outsider

Question 3

‘Thou art a villain!’ ‘You are a senator!’

Answer 3

Brabantio/Iago 1.1 - in this short exchange, Iago rather tellingly does not dismiss the label of a villain