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Iago's 4th soliloquy
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Iago's 4th Soliloquy
To Conclude
Shakespeare uses Iago's soliloquies to demonstrate his superiority to the audience in order to form a relationship with them.
The 4th soliloquy is most obvious example of this because of the use of obvious direct address.
In this way Shakespeare inverts the role of the anti heroe from hated to likeable.
The spiders web
"Virtue into pitch" - sticky black substance
"make the net // that shall emesh them all." - Spider imagery
Cassio the "honest fool"
Iago demonstrates his intellectual superiority once more.
"I'll pour this pestillence into his ear" - Morbid fascination/Hathos/Abraction.
"repeals him for her body's lust" - sexual imagery.
Divinity of hell
Refers to devil - double meaning
"heavenly shows" - Machiavelli
Desdemona's complicity
What's he then that says I play the villain?
Iago knows that Desdemona is of a good and generous nature - "Th'inclining Desdemona"
Desdemona rules Othello and his emotions - "Our great captain's captain"
"his weak function" - Racial overtones
It is for the above reasons that Iago can honestly stand by his 'good' advice
Use of rhetoric works to contradict everything we know about Iago.
"I am not what I seem" - The audience sees past his virtuous appearance.
Iago's bond with
the audience
Iago presented as intellectually superior to other characters in the play.
The use of soliloquy gives Iago's thoughts and intentions clarity as he verbally constructs his plan.
In his 4th soliloquy Iago directly addresses the audience to defend his morality. - Irony.
Honest Iago
Iago's plot depends almost entirely on deception. - "I am not what I am" 1.1.65
At this point in the play Cassio is victim to Iago's deception.
Dramatic irony used to make Cassio appear foolish - "Good night, honest Iago"
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