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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, Complaining, Frustrated | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Any | |
| Genre | Tragedy | |
| Description | Iago tells Roderigo why he hates Othello | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 1 | |
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.
In this monologue Iago tells Roderigo that he hates Othello and why. Iago is Othello's ensign and he was expecting to be promoted to lieutenant. Othello, however, chose another man, Michael Cassio, even if Iago was more qualified than him.
In this monologue Iago tells Roderigo that he hates Othello and why. Iago is Othello's ensign and he was expecting to be promoted to lieutenant. Othello, however, chose another man, Michael Cassio, even if Iago was more qualified than him.
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| IAGO Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-capp'd to him: and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place: But he; as loving his own pride and purposes, Evades them, with a bombast circumstance Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war; And, in conclusion, Nonsuits my mediators; for, 'Certes,' says he, 'I have already chose my officer.' And what was he? Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife; That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toged consuls can propose As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practise, Is all his soldiership. But he, sir, had the election: And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof At Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other grounds Christian and heathen, must be be-lee'd and calm'd By debitor and creditor: this counter-caster, He, in good time, must his lieutenant be, And I--God bless the mark!--his Moorship's ancient. |
