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| Character | Iago | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Mocking, Talking to the audience | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Tragedy, Drama | |
| Description | Iago plans to make Othello jealous of Cassio | |
| Location | ACT II, 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.
The Duke sends Othello to war, to protect the island of Cyprus against the Turks. Desdemona, Iago and Roderigo go as well. At the end of the scene Iago tells Roderigo that he plans to have Cassio fall out of favor with Othello. He urges him to start a quarrel with Cassio the same night.
That night Iago gets Cassio drunk and sends Roderigo to start a quarrel with him. The plan works and Cassio chases Roderigo to beat him. When Montano, the governor of Cyprus, tries to stop him, Cassio stabs him. Cassio's reputation is ruined and Othello takes away Cassio's title as lieutenant. As Cassio despairs, Iago suggests to use Desdemona as an intermediary to ask Othello to forgive him. When Cassio leaves Iago jokes to the audience that he actually gave Cassio good advice. However, he will exploit the situation to make Othello believe that Cassio is having an affair with his wife.
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.
The Duke sends Othello to war, to protect the island of Cyprus against the Turks. Desdemona, Iago and Roderigo go as well. At the end of the scene Iago tells Roderigo that he plans to have Cassio fall out of favor with Othello. He urges him to start a quarrel with Cassio the same night.
That night Iago gets Cassio drunk and sends Roderigo to start a quarrel with him. The plan works and Cassio chases Roderigo to beat him. When Montano, the governor of Cyprus, tries to stop him, Cassio stabs him. Cassio's reputation is ruined and Othello takes away Cassio's title as lieutenant. As Cassio despairs, Iago suggests to use Desdemona as an intermediary to ask Othello to forgive him. When Cassio leaves Iago jokes to the audience that he actually gave Cassio good advice. However, he will exploit the situation to make Othello believe that Cassio is having an affair with his wife.
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| IAGO And what's he then that says I play the villain? When this advice is free I give and honest, Probal to thinking and indeed the course To win the Moor again? For 'tis most easy The inclining Desdemona to subdue In any honest suit: she's framed as fruitful As the free elements. And then for her To win the Moor--were't to renounce his baptism, All seals and symbols of redeemed sin, His soul is so enfetter'd to her love, That she may make, unmake, do what she list, Even as her appetite shall play the god With his weak function. How am I then a villain To counsel Cassio to this parallel course, Directly to his good? Divinity of hell! When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows, As I do now: for whiles this honest fool Plies Desdemona to repair his fortunes And she for him pleads strongly to the Moor, I'll pour this pestilence into his ear, That she repeals him for her body's lust; And by how much she strives to do him good, She shall undo her credit with the Moor. So will I turn her virtue into pitch, And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all. |
