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Iago Quotes In Othello

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6 Quotes, 250 words each Quote 1 Act 1, Scene 1, Line 32 - 34 “This counter-caster He (in good time) must his lieutenant be, And I, bless the mark, his Moorship’s ancient.” - Iago This quote sets up a few different substories and sub-plots very early in act one. It shows Iago’s hatred towards the general and his decisions, as he obviously feels that he deserves a higher rank and that he should get more glory and recognition. He has a hatred towards Michael Cassio, as Cassio, he feels, has been graced with the glory and recognition Iago desires even though he has essentially done nothing to earn and deserve it. This sets up a lot of Iago’s feelings and plans for the remainder of the story, even if it is just an outline of it all. Iago is …show more content…

This quote takes place when Iago is arguing with Othello’s wife Desdemona and his own wife Emilia about women. Iago is saying that women are all the same and at with the same amount of disloyalty, disrespect, and if overall just slandering women. Desdemona and Emilia are rejecting this claim, trying to claim that all women are different. Desdemona says Emilia is soft-spoken, and a good person. Then, Iago says his quote. This quote shows his beliefs about what women are, and how they act and are disrespectful. This quote also does something else that holds major importance to the rest of the story. This quote is an element of foreshadowing for the rest of the story and Iago’s plan. Iago’s plan is to try to cause Desdemona and Othello to split up, and for Michael Cassio to be killed, and everything to fall apart perfectly so that he can become the top dog in the army. He foreshadows part of his plan to get Desdemona and Othello to split up by saying that girls “rise to play and go to bed to work.” This foreshadows his attempt at framing Desdemona and making it look like she slept with Michael Cassio. He wants Othello to get mad at her and try to split up and maybe even take revenge on her, and he wants Othello to get mad at Cassio and to try to get rid of him or to try to kill him or run him …show more content…

Desdemona starts feeling sympathy for Michael Cassio after he has been fired, so she tries asking Othello to forgive him. Iago is there with Othello when this happens, and it is perfect for him and his plan. Iago needs it to be believable that Desdemona would cheat on her husband Othello with his lieutenant Michael Cassio, and the fact that she now feels sympathy for Cassio being released from his position by Othello. As she starts begging for Othello to reinstate him, or at least talk to him and to try to sort everything out, Iago starts to formulate how he will frame Desdemona and Cassio. His plan continues to shape itself out and he has hardly put forth any effort at all up to this point. This greatly excites him as he isn’t having to do much for everyone to fall in line with what he wants. Michael Cassio got himself drunk and fired, and Othello’s wife Desdemona has felt sympathy for him and is begging Othello to reinstate him. This gives Iago what he needs to start his ultimate plan. Othello can now find it believable after some convincing that Desdemona could be cheating on him with his former lieutenant Cassio, as she feels sympathy for him and really wants to keep him around. Now it is time for Iago to place the bait in front of Othello’s face and hope that he runs after it and takes it. Iago can finally start to cause everything to fall apart between Othello, Desdemona, and Cassio. He just needs there to be as little

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