Othello 2.3 Flashcards

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“Iago is

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most honest”-Othello

-showing how good Iago is at conceding his duplicitous nature

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“An inviting

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eye, and yet methinks right modest.”-Cassio

-Showing how Cassio knows how to be respectful and behave around other peoples wives, unlike what is assumed of him

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“I have poor

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and unhappy brains fro drinking”-Cassio

-showing his restraint

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“If I can

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fasten but one cup upon him”-Iago

-Iago’s ability to find a weakness and exploit it

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“the lieutenant

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is to be saved before the ancient”-Cassio

-Increasing Iago’s jealousy as Cassio boasts his higher position

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“He is a

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soldier fit to stand by Caesar and give direction. And do but see his vice-‘Tis to his virtue a just equinox”-Iago

  • theme-aperrence versus reality
  • Iago is setting up for the plan
  • shows his ability to confidently lie and make things up on the spot
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“Away I

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say, go out and cry a mutiny.”-Iago

-showing Iago’s ability to manipulate the situation as it unfolds

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“Honest Iago,

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that looks dead with grieving”-Othello

-Showing Iago’s ability to fool everyone around him even in his facial expressions and body language

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“If partially

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affin’d or leagued in office, thou dost deliver more or less than truth, thou art no soldier”-Montano

  • we know that Iago does not care about the morals behind this but more how he would look to Montano
  • and the benefits he gets from admitting it’s Cassio
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“Reputation,

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reputation, reputation!”-Cassio

  • He knows how bad it is
  • Iago has ruined Cassio’s reputation beyond the point of being able to remain so he can get a job elsewhere
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“I would rather

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sue to be despised than to deceive so good a commander with so light, so drunken, ad so indiscreet an officer”-Cassio

  • Shows that Cassio has strong morals and knows right from wrong
  • He can in fact be trusted
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“Confess

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yourself freely to her, importune her to help to put you in your place again”-Iago

  • Shows Iago’s ability to get people to do what he wants by putting it in a way that will help the person]
  • he comes across helpful and caring but is in fact the opposite
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“I protest,

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in the sincerity of love and honest kindness.”-Iago

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“And what’s

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he then that says I have played the villain, When this advice is free I give, and honest”-Iago
-justifying what he has done as if this is not a pre thought out plan with other motives

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“When devils

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will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows”-Iago

  • comparing himself to the devil
  • he knows how bad he is and yet he does not car, this is worse than not knowing as he continues regardless
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“And out of

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her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all”-Iago
-Shows Iago’s ability to manipulate situations that are perfectly innocent and harmless without his input