Brendan Tuma
“Your heart is burst. You have lost half your soul. Even now, now, very now, and old black ram is tupping your white ewe” (Shakespeare 1. i. 96-98)
Iago is speaking in the above quotation and he is talking to Brabantio. Iago and Roderigo are both upset with Othello so they hatch a scheme to hurt him by telling his new wife’s father that his daughter is having sex with a black man. This quotation highlights a couple of points, the first being how villainous Roderigo, and especially Iago, actually are. Iago even admits in this section that he is not what he appears to be and that he will do whatever it takes to get his revenge for not being chosen as second in command by Othello. Another point that this quotation highlights is the racism involved in the book. Othello, a man of color, has married the white Desdemona and there is uproar in reaction to this. It remains to be seen what Othello is like and how other characters perceive him.
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