![]() ![]() He has done my office: I know not if’t be true Iago is not happy with this decision, and has nothing good to say of Cassio, who has no battle experience (as Iago does), and is instead what today might be called “book smart.”īut! Is this the real reason? Or is this just the reason that Iago is feeding Roderigo? At the close of Act 1, alone on stage, Iago reveals a deeper reason for his hatred:Īnd it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets What does that all mean? Iago was lobbying for the lieutenant’s position under Othello (“his Moorship”) and even had some high-powered citizens/politicians (“great ones of the city”) go and offer their personal recommendation, only to find that Othello had already chosen Michael Cassio. He, in good time, must his lieutenant be,Īnd I-God bless the mark!-his Moorship’s ancient. ![]() But he, sir, had the election:Īnd I, of whom his eyes had seen the proofĪt Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other groundsĬhristian and heathen, must be be-lee’d and calm’dīy debitor and creditor: this counter-caster, More than a spinster unless the bookish theoric,Īs masterly as he: mere prattle, without practise, Nonsuits my mediators for, ‘Certes,’ says he, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place:īut he as loving his own pride and purposes, Off-capp’d to him: …and, by the faith of man, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Iago goes on to offer several reasons why he hates this person, whoever this person is. Thou told’st me thou didst hold him in thy hate. ![]() The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice actually opens with Iago and Roderigo discussing this exact subject, though the audience does not yet realize the subject of their conversation: ![]()
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