“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 ears that he is to familiar with his wife”. This quote shows Iago finds out how to destroy Othello and Iago thinks with image of pouring pesticence in his ears.
At the beginning of the play Othello was portrayed as a Moor (black), Barbaric, brave, kind, powerful, he keeps in control, heroic, good soldier, he was gentle and loving with Desdemona, calm and confident. At the start of the play Iago hates Othello secretly.
Iago said, “an old black ram tupping your white ewe”… and ‘you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse, ‘you’ll have your nephews neigh to you...”. This quote shows clearly Iago thinks negative things about Othello and also he’s rude and racism. Iago thinks Othello is a green eye-monster Iago said, “O beware, my lord, of jealously: It is the green eyed-monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss who certain of his fate loves not his wronger; But o, what damned minutes tells her o’er whot dotes, yet fondly loves…This quote shows clearly that Iago telling Othello what ever you do don’t get jealous because it’s terrible and dangerous, Jealous might destroy yourself. Iago wants Othello to be jealous with Cassio that’s why he keeps saying don’t be jealous with Cassio.
Iago gradually plants the idea of Desdemona and Cassio affair, Iago and Othello sees Cassio leaves Desdemona quickly Iago said, “Ha! I like not that” this quote shows clearly Iago tells to Othello that they having secret meeting and their must be some relationship between Cassio and Desdemona. Iago asked his wife to steal Desdemona handkerchief as many times. Emilia said, “I’m glad I have found this napkin: This was her first remembrance from the moor, my wayward husband hatha hundred times wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token, for he conjured her she should ever keep it, that she reserves it even more about her, to kiss and talk to”. This quotes shows clearly that Iago asked her to steal Desdemona handkerchief as many times but she don’t know what Iago going to do with that handkerchief.
At the end of the scene Othello wants Cassio to be dead because Iago made Othello think Cassio had an affair with Desdemona. He wants to kill Desdemona because he thinks Desdemona betrayed him by giving the handkerchief to Cassio so he could wipe his beard and she had slept with Cassio. Desdemona behaved naturally when she asked Othello to give Cassio job back but Othello doesn’t want to meet with Cassio immediately and he gives excuses to each of Desdemona’s suggestions about when he would meet with Cassio, finally Othello says, “Prithee no more. Let him come when he will, I will deny thee nothing”. This quote show’s clearly that she’s tried to persuade Othello to give Cassio job back the more she ask, Othello gets more doubts and also Othello think why she putting effort in this. Othello sees another proof When Iago and Cassio was talking about Bianca but Othello thinks they were talking about Desdemona, all gets wrong. Iago said, “For I will make him tell the tale anew, where, how, how, oft, how long ago, and when he hath and is again to cope with your wife”. This quote shows that Iago cleverly tricking Othello in rude comments and Othello seems they were talking about his wife.
At the beginning of the play Othello’s language used to be Heroic, powerful, dramatic, images that know no bounds – sky, heaven, hell, death or fate. His language is broken and he is prone to violent outburst and also he’s an emotive, descriptive, calm and confident.
Later on his language becomes chaotic, showing signs of madness and mental disturbances and also his sentences become fragmented, he uses more obscenities and becomes shorter this is an example of Othello’s sentences; Othello said, “Pish! Noses, ears and lips! Isn’t possible? Confess? Handkerchief? O devill?. This quote shows clearly he’s language broken down and aggressive e.g.: prose, not blank verse, phrases not sentences, too many exclamation and questions.
This scene would really grab the attention of the audience because they would want to know what’s going to happen next and in their mind they might have a prediction of what might happen next because they know Othello has changed and he believes Iago lies, and also Iago controls him completely. Does Othello going to kill Desdemona and Cassio? Or is he going to find out the truth and kill Iago? Therefore enticing the audience to watch the next scene and also this scene would grab the attention of audience when Othello told Iago that Cassio shouldn’t be alive; Othello said, “Within three days let me hear thee say that Cassio’s not alive”. This quote shows clearly that Othello saying to Iago that Cassio shouldn’t be alive but in reality Iago should be killed for betraying Othello. The audience knows that Cassio and Desdemona were innocent but Othello doesn’t know what audience knows, he thinks Iago is an honest person, so he believes Iago lies.
The events in this scene lead to Othello downfall are Iago continually through this scene’s using the relationship between Desdemona and Cassio and he made Othello to turn against his wife and Cassio. After that he killed his innocent wife for no good reasons, after when he killed Desdemona, he found out the truth that Desdemona and Cassio were innocent and he gets angry with Iago and he killed Iago and himself. Iago plans quite worked because Iago want Othello to suffer, when he killed his beautiful and innocent wife and great soldier Cassio, that will suffer him
CONCLUSION
The more and more Othello trust Iago the more he hates Desdemona and Cassio, so when Othello believes Iago lies, Iago took control of Othello. Iago putting more doubts in Othello mind. So their relationship getting stronger and stronger.
