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| Character | Iago | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Descriptive, Mocking, Talking to the audience | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Tragedy, Drama | |
| Description | Iago professes his hatred for Othello and his malicious plans | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 3 | |
Summary
The story is set in Venice. The play starts with Roderigo, a rich and foolish gentleman, complaining to Iago, a high ranking soldier, about Desdemona's secret marriage to a Moorish general in the Venetian army, Othello. Desdemona is Roderigo's love interest and he has been paying Iago to help him seduce her. Iago tells him he hates Othello since he didn't give him a promotion that he thought he deserved and instead gave it to another man.
Iago suggests to wake Desdemona's father, Brabanzio, and tell him about Othello's affair with his daughter. Brabanzio at first is skeptical but then believes them. He calls his men and goes out to get Othello. When he finds him, at first he accuses him of having stolen his daughter and "abused her delicate youth" and then orders his men to subdue him. He decides to solve the matter before the Duke of Venice but the Duke dismisses Brabanzio's plea, since he considers Desdemona's love for him genuine and admires Othello as a valiant military man.
At the end of the scene Roderigo despairs because he thinks he doesn't have a chance with Desdemona anymore. Iago promises that everything will work out for him in the end. When Roderigo exits the scene, Iago gives this soliloquy. He tells the audience how much he hates Othello. He thinks he slept with his wife. Even if he is not sure he will consider the rumor as a fact. Since Othello thinks well of him, he argues his plan will work out more easily. He will convince him that Cassio has slept with his wife and get him out of the way.
Iago suggests to wake Desdemona's father, Brabanzio, and tell him about Othello's affair with his daughter. Brabanzio at first is skeptical but then believes them. He calls his men and goes out to get Othello. When he finds him, at first he accuses him of having stolen his daughter and "abused her delicate youth" and then orders his men to subdue him. He decides to solve the matter before the Duke of Venice but the Duke dismisses Brabanzio's plea, since he considers Desdemona's love for him genuine and admires Othello as a valiant military man.
At the end of the scene Roderigo despairs because he thinks he doesn't have a chance with Desdemona anymore. Iago promises that everything will work out for him in the end. When Roderigo exits the scene, Iago gives this soliloquy. He tells the audience how much he hates Othello. He thinks he slept with his wife. Even if he is not sure he will consider the rumor as a fact. Since Othello thinks well of him, he argues his plan will work out more easily. He will convince him that Cassio has slept with his wife and get him out of the way.
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| IAGO Thus do I ever make my fool my purse: For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane, If I would time expend with such a snipe. But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor: And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets He has done my office: I know not if't be true; But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, Will do as if for surety. He holds me well; The better shall my purpose work on him. Cassio's a proper man: let me see now: To get his place and to plume up my will In double knavery--How, how? Let's see:-- After some time, to abuse Othello's ear That he is too familiar with his wife. He hath a person and a smooth dispose To be suspected, framed to make women false. The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest that but seem to be so, And will as tenderly be led by the nose As asses are. I have't. It is engender'd. Hell and night Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. |
