In Othello the use of imagery and language is sighifant it shows the meaning because it helps us to see the main themes. The main themes are nature, light, hell and evil.
In Iago’s soliloquy repetition is used a lot. Iago says ‘To win the Moor again’. Iago repeats Moor a lot because Iago doesn’t like Othello’. Also Iago says ‘villain’s lot. Iago uses the word villain a lot because he thinks people will think he a villain. Iago uses rhetorical questions in the soliloquy. He says ‘How am I a villain ’. He tries to get the audience on his side by asking them rhetorical question and by involving them. I
In Iago soliloquy uses the simile She’s framed as fruitful as the free elements’ to describe Desdemona. This means he thinks Desmona is beautiful and down to earth and can be persuade to do anything if she thinks its good. The simile ‘She’s framed as fruitful could also mean Iago is suggesting Desdemona innocence. This makes Iago’s plans seem worst because he is manipulating an innocent character.
Iago says ‘I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear’ in the soliloquy I think the writer used the metaphor because it is effective because Iago says lies and lies are like a disease or poison which shows how his lies are to ruin Othello. The pestilence means disease so this means Iago saying horrible lies.
In the speech Iago makes many references to hell.’Devils will the blackest sins’ I think author put it a lot of references to hell because it reflects Iago’s personality and shows how dark the story is. The audience may think also that Iago is the devil.
In Iago’s soliloquy Iago uses the word ‘Moor’ a lot. This shows Othello is always on Iago’s mind and it shows he hates Othello.
In the soliloquy the contacts between black and white is also used as a metaphor ‘virtue into pitch’ between Othello and Desdemona
In the film Othello directed by Oliver Parker Iago’s soliloquy represents a lot about his character. In the beginning Iago’s face is in a lot of shadow. This shows Iago is two faced because the shadow shows two sides of his face. When Iago says ‘I play the villian’he touches his ear. This is a sign suggesting he is lying and feeling nervous. Iago is placed in the dark, blue night at the beginning to represent he is a dark, evil character. He talks as though the audience is his friends at the beginning. Iago stares out into the out when he is talking about Desmonda. This shows he is thinking about how to trap her. When Iago is talking about Othello, Iago nods in the direction of the castle. By doing this he is showing that he is always aware of Othello and worried that he may get found out. Iago changes quickly when he say’ Divinity of hell!’ He voice becomes lower and more serious. This is because he is revealing more and more of his plan to trap them all. Iago keeps eye contact with the audience at this point. This shows he wants to involve the audience in his plan and also to show that he seriously wants to make Othello feel pain. The music at starts off quiet then grows louder. The music starts on the line ‘Divinity of hell!’ This is because he cursed and he becoming more and more darker in what he says. Violin strings do the music; this creates a creepy music, which is just right to show how evil and creepy Iago is. Towards the end of the speech Iago moves towards the fire. The red flames of the fire represent Iago’s evil side because red is usual associated with hell Iago holds the smoldering end of a fire log and snuffs it with the palm of his fist saying. ‘So will I turn her virtue into pitch’, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all. This shows Iago wants to use Desdemona in his evil plan and by using her he will turn her from being white and pure (‘virtue’) into not so pure (‘pitch’). When Iago closes his hands in the speech. This represents him trapping them all.
If I were directing this scene firstly I would have sounds of wind to show the presence of evil. I would have Iago wearing wear dark colored clothes, to show the audience that he is dark. When Iago mentions Othello he says ‘Moor’ so when he says ‘Moor’ I would have him pull an angry face to show his hatred towards Othello. When Iago says’ She’s framed as fruitful’ He should say that really jolly and smile but in a sarcastic way to show that Othello thinks the world of her. Then he should change from a jolly voice to a serious voice when he says ‘then for her, to win the Moor again’. By doing this he is showing his plan because he’s using Desdemona beauty and inasuns to get O thello. When Iago asks rhetorical question such as ‘How am I then a villain’ he should look directly at them camera to the audience and wink a bit to show that he knows he is not innocent but he still tries to make everybody believe that he is. Towards the end of the speech when Iago says ‘So will I turn her into virtue into pitch, And out of her goodness make the net, that shall enmesh them all.’ He should be sitting on the fall playing around in the dirt, then as he is saying the line he should grab the dirt put it over his hand and then make a fist with the rest of the dirt to show that he is trapping them all. The music should be still creepy but a bit darker like more violins should be added to make the music darker. This would be good because it would show Iago is even darker. The music should start off quieter but then grow louder at the line ‘Divinity of hell!’ I feel the music needs to be on throughout the soliloquy to show how dark Iago is.
Iago’s aim ‘make the net. That shall enmesh them all’; is very successful because Iago
first traps Roderigo by saying that he will get Desdemona for him. Iago next traps Cassio by getting him drunk and then Cassio loss his job. Next Iago traps Desdemona by making her ask Othello to give Cassio his job back then Othello thinks she is having an affair. Iago successfully traps Othello into believing that his own wife is having affair without any concrete proof. Many deaths happen, Desdemona dies, Rodergio dies, Iago wife dies and Othello dies. Iago has trapped them all because they all die and he got his revenge on Othello.
