Othello Quotes: Act 2

'This a worthy governor'' 'For I have served with him and the man command like a full soldier'

Montano - 2.1 - praising O leadership abilities and his qualities as a soldier and officer .

‘The valiant of this warlike isle that so approve the Moor’

‘Give him defence against the elements

For I have lost him on a dangerous sea’

Cassio - thanks Montano for thinking so highly of O - more positive praise at the start of the play

- asks that Othello be protected from the storm and that his ship is able to land safely in Cyprus - Cassio is a true and loyal friend to Othello .

‘The riches of the ship is come on shore! You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees’

- Cassio 2.1

- Look the precious Desdemona has arrived on shore, please kneel before her men of Cyprus to greet her!

- Shows that Cassio is very polite and treats women of high social standing with respect.

- but it also refers to women as treasure and property and possessions to be won and owned

- sexist/ patriarchal society

‘He hath achieved a maid that paragons description and wild fame ' ' the divine Desdemona '

' she that i spake of, our great captains captain'

Cassio , 2.1

- praise for D - seen in idealistic terms

- D associated with heavenly imagery

- D is recognised for having a big influence over Othello , she is seen as his equal and not a quiet inferior

'Sir, would she give you so much of her lips/ As of her tongue she oft bestows on me/ You would have enough'

- alas she has no speech ' D

'In faith too much

I find it still when I have leave to sleep

Iago 2.1 - Cassio apologises for kissing Emilia saying it is his custom , This seems to annoy Iago who says that if she used her lips to kiss him as much as she corrects and scolds him he would have an abundance of kisses

- Insults Emilia in pubic

Dismissive and disrespectful of her

- resents the fact that she might express an opinion or need

- Emilia does not speak

'You have little cause to say so

Emilia 2.1 - Emilia only says this to defend herself , it echoes what Desdemona will say to Emilia about O jealousy - D will become like E and E more like D as the play goes on

'You are pictures out of doors;

Bells in your parlours; wild-cats in your kitchens;

Saints in your injuries; devils being offended;

Players in your housewifery; and housewives

In your beds.'

Iago 2.1

- misogynistic view of women - projecting his own nature and flaws onto others - believes women put on a show for others and hide their true selves

- insults all women - he suggests they put on a show in public but are loud and out of control at home , they pretend to be innocent and neglect their duties as housewives and do not please their husbands in bed

- he has a cynical view of women and views them as false, deceitful and inferior.

'O fie upon thee slanderer'

D - 2,1 - defends women and corrects Iago

‘If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit,

The one's for use, the other useth it.’

Iago 2.1

- suggests that women use their beauty and intelligence to manipulate men to get what they want , he does not believe they can be trusted

- he may be projecting his view of life and values onto others - where you cannot trust anyone and other people just exist to be used to get what you want

'Oh heavy ignorance ! Thou praises the worst best'

Desdemona 2.1

- D tells Iago he is wrong to praise selfish, deceitful and ruthless women

- but Iago does really value selfishness, deceit and ruthlessness above moral and honest qualities.

I: 'You rise to play and go to bed to work.'

E: 'You shall not write my praise. 'Act 2, Scene 1

- Iago states that all women are prostitutes, offering a cynical take on women and sex. In response, Emilia states that he should not describe her in such a way.

- misogynistic and degrading view of women - believes that all women are lustful and sleep with many men and cannot be trusted to be faithful.

'You may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar'

- Cassio

- He's a better soldier than he is smart.

- Cassio is saying that Iago is very rude when Desdemona is upset as how he is treating and speaking about women.

- Cassio is courteous, po;it's, respectful and chivalrous to women of his own social standing

‘He takes her by the palm......... With as little as web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio’

- Iago

- This is all I need to trap Cassio in a web of deceit and lies.

- Iago will use Cassio and Desdemona holding hands as evidence that Desdemona is cheating on Iago.

- he will use his courteous, chivalrous, polite and attentive manners against him

- sees an opportunity , always adapting to events and seeking to turn things to his advantage , an arch manipulator, he is a master at improvising to the moment and devising new schemes and stratagems.

'My fair warrior'

' O my soul's joy! If I were now to die Twere now to be most happy,

For I feel my soul hath her content so absolute

O- 2.1

- When Othello lands in Cyprus after surviving the storm he calls her 'my fair warrior' suggesting that he sees her as his equal.

- when he is reunited with D he is ecstatic and feels his greatest ever joy and happiness, he feels this is the high point of his life

- he idolises and adores Desdemona.

- O can feel very deeply and intensely 'absolute'

- he has survived tow storms to be with her. He survived the storm of anger and racist opposition to their marriage and then the storm of war. Othello has faced many storms in his life , it has been a life of difficulty and troubles , now having married Desdemona and confident of her love he feels secure, content and happy. Her love for him makes him feel accepted and at home in the world. But the extent to which he pins his hopes and self esteem on her mean he is vulnerable to and extreme emotional reaction should he believe he may lose her. She is so central to his entire existence that his mind will be plunged into disorder when he fears she is lost to him.

- Iago will use this to destroy him by leading him to believe she is unfaithful to him.

‘O, you are well tuned now, but I'll set down the pegs that make this music’

- Iago

- Oh, you may be happy now but that will not last long.

- Iago is saying that he is going to sabotage their love so Othello and Desdemona will not be happy together much longer., he appears jealous of contentment and good fortune in the lives of others

'First, I must tell thee this: Desdemona is directly in love with him.'

- Iago

- Desdemona is completely in love with Cassio.

- He tells Roderigo this so he can have Roderigo make Cassio mad, which is part of Iago's plan - he needs to turn R against Cassio so he can use him to help get Cassio dismissed

'Her eye must be fed, and what delight shall she have to look on the devil?'

Iago 2.1

- says that D will lust after some other man , she will desire someone else soon after she spends time with Othello , she will want a more handsome lover

- he thinks all women are fickle ( change their feelings quickly ) and shallow

- says to Roderigo that Desdemona won't be happy with Othello for long

- also includes the racist description of Othello as 'devil ' and as unattractive

- shows his strong sexist and racist prejudices

'Her delicate tenderness will itself abused, begin to have the gorge, disrelish and abhor the Moor; very nature will instruct her in it and compel her to some second choice'

Iago 2.1 to R

- He tells R that D will Sinn be disgusted by her marriage to O , he is too old , his manners are coarse , he is not beautiful like Cassio and their relationship is unnatural , her true nature will force her to leave him

- he uses an image of Desdemona vomiting out her feelings for Othello making it seem like her love for him is repulsive.

- he suggests the marriage is unnatural as her 'nature' will lead her to leave him and marry someone else.

- he does not believe in or understand live and loyalty - everything is warped by his cynical , jealous and selfish world view.

'Who stands so eminent in this regard than Cassio?'

'' a finder of occasion, that has an eye can stamp and counterfeit advantages'

Iago 2.1

- Iago says to R that Cassio will attract D , That he is handsome, of the same age, well mannered and good with women

- Iago also says that C is a man who seeks to use others and every opportunity to make gains for himself ( in describing Cassion he is really describing himself)

- Iago is trying to turn R against Cassio so that he can use him as part of his plot to get Cassio dismissed

- he is appealing to R jealousy and manipulating him due to R obsessive infatuation with D

'I cannot believe that in her. She's full of the most blessed condition'

' the wine she drinks is made of grapes. If she had been blessed she would never have lived the Moor. Blessed pudding.'

Roderigo 2.1

- at first R refuses to believe that D might be attracted to other men while married or that she would seek out affairs

- he idealises D and thinks of her in saintly terms

- religious imagery associated with Desdemona

'They met so near with their lips that their breaths embraced together.'

'But sir , be you ruled by me. '

'Do you find some occasion to anger him'

Iago 2.1

- he points out how D and C were close for a while and suggests this as evidence they are already having an affair

- he directs R

- and tells him that he must provoke C to anger at a time of his choosing

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'He's rash and very sudden in cholor, and haply may strike at you, provoke him'

- Iago 2.1 to R

- He is very hot-tempered and when insulted may try to hit you. I want you to provoke him and cause a fight.

- we again see Iago's desire to create and cause conflict in the world.

- Iago is warning Roderigo that Cassio might hit him, which Iago says is good so he can get Cassio in trouble and maybe even fired.

- insight into others and understanding of human psychology

'So shall you have a shorter journey to your desires by the means I shall then have to prefer them, and the impediment most profitably removed'

- Iago

- You won't get Desdemona if you don't get Cassio out of the way first.

- manipulates him through his strong infatuation with Desdemona.

- Iago is just saying this so Roderigo does all of the dirty work to get Cassio fired and Iago can get his position back.

'That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it, That she loves him 'Tis apt and of great credit'

Iago 2.1 Soliloquy

- Iago seems to believe what he wants to believe at times, now he seems to have convinced himself that they are having an affair because it suits his purposes , he commits to his lies

- this reminds us of his decision to believe that Othello sleep with his wife in his soliloquy in 1.3 even though he has no evidence.

‘The Moor , howbe't that I endure him not, Is of constant , noble , loving ,nature/And I dare think he'll prove to Desdemona A most dear husband'

Iago 2.1 - soliloquy

- Iago cannot endure O goodness and positive qualities and happy relationship

- He praises O good qualities as the Duke, Montano and Cassio have done so already

- he says that Othello is a noble man who truly loves others and is even tempered , he says he will be a good husband

‘Now I do love her too, not out of absolute lust But partly led to diet my revenge’

- Iago

- he doesn't really love her , he doesn't believe in love, for Iago love is just lust , when he says he loves her he means that he desires her

- I love her too but not out of lust, out of revenge. He desires her because to sleep with her would be a way to get revenge against Othello.

- Iago wants to get revenge on Othello and Desdemona is the way he thinks he can get his revenge.

- he does not understand what love is - he desires her because he wants to hurt O and calls that love

"For that I do suspect the lusty Moor

Hath leaped into my seat, the thought like a poisoned mineral, doth gnaw my innards'

Iago - 2.1

- Seems to believe Othello has slept with E

- He seems prone to jealousy and says the thoughts of it is eating him up

- this echoes what he tells O in 3.3 when he says jealousy 'doth mock the flesh it feeds on '

‘And nothing can or shall content my soul till I am evened with him, wife for wife, or, failing so, that I put the Moor at least into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure’

- Iago

- I want to get revenge with him wife for wife but if I cannot, I want to at least make him jealous.

- Iago says that if he can't get even wife for wife ( win Desdemona for himself ) , he will make Othello jealous by thinking Desdemona and Cassio are together, which is part of Iago's plan.

- he says jealousy will make Othello lose his 'judgement' , he will no longer see clearly and it will warp and twist how he sees the world. He understands how a strong emotion like jealousy and injured pride can overrule reason.

- Iago seems to know a lot about jealousy

'For I fear Cassio with my night-cap too'

Iago 2.1 soliloquy

- he seems very paranoid and fears C has slept with E also

- He refers to women as the possession and play things of men

‘Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me for making him egregiously an ass, and practising upon his peace and quiet even to Madness’

- Iago 2.1

- I will make the Moor thank and reward me for all that I do for him, but my aim will be to drive him mad with jealousy

- Othello will think that Iago is looking out for him, but really Iago will just be getting revenge

- he will poison O peace of mind and drive him mad

- he looks forward to seeing Othello driven mad while thinking that Iago is his friend. He seems to get a perverse and great pleasure out of imagining Othello's future suffering and torment.

- racist imagery comparing Othello to an 'ass' - animal

‘Iago is most honest , Michael good night’

O 2.3

- Dramatic irony , I is trusted and thought honest and honourable

- appearance and reality

'She is sport for Jove

And I'll warrant her full of game

What an eye she has. Methinks it is a parley to a provocation'

Iago 2.3

- tries to draw Cassio into speaking in a vulgar way about D , a degrading view of women

- tries to encourage Cassio to make a move on her by suggesting she is inviting attention by the way she looks and acts

'She's a most exquisite lady'

'She is indeed perfection"

Cassio to Iago - he deflects Iago's suggestive remarks (not falling into the trap of temptation; will only be respectful to Desdemona ) - idealistic view of D

'I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment'

- Cassio

- I'm very weak when it comes to alcohol, so I'm not much of a drinker. I wish there was another way for us to stay entertained

- This shows that Cassio listens to Othello at first when Othello tells him not to drink tonight and to set a good example on the watch

' But they are our friends! But one cup. I'll drink for you '

'What man , 'Tis a night of revels, the gallants desire it!'

Iago 2.3

- he persuades a reluctant C to have a drink by appealing to his wish to be liked , C cares very much what others think of him, this is why his reputation is so important to him after he is dismissed and why he is so desperate to be restored to his post.

'If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he hath drunk tonight already, He'll be as full of quarrel and offense as my young mistress' dog'

- Iago

- If I can get Cassio to have just one more drink he will be feisty and wanting to fight like a dog

- Iago wants Cassio to want to fight so when Roderigo annoys him, he will hit him and get in trouble just as Iago plans

- Iago gets him to drink by saying the other men will be disappointed - he knows Cassio likes to be popular and sociable

'But here they come. If consequence do but approve my dream , My boat sails freely both with wind and stream'

Iago 2.3

- Cassio let's in R , Montano and the 2 gallants, Iago has made sure they have all been drinking and they are all touchy about their honour and good name. He says if things go the way he hopes everything will work out easily for him.

' Gentlemen, let's look to our business. Do not think , gentlemen, that I am drunk. This is my ensuing, this is my right hand, and this is my left. I can stand well enough and I speak well enough'

Why very well then. You must not think then that I am drunk

- Cassio

- he is touch about his honour and the subject of drinking

- he does not want drinking to interfere with his duties

- Good, so don't think that I am drunk

- Cassio keeps saying he isn't drunk, but in reality he is. Now he might be ready to fight anyone that bothers him or accuses him of being drunk

'You see this fellow that is gone before? He's a soldier fit to stand by Caesar and give direction; and do but see his vice'

- Iago

- See that man that just left? He's a very good soldier, good enough to be Caesar's right hand-man, but he has a serious weakness

- Iago is letting the governor of Cyprus, Montano, know that Cassio has a drinking problem so when Cassio gets in trouble, Montano will know.

- But he wraps the criticism up in praise so he can appear to be a well meaning friend and be more likely to be believed

- he puts on a pose and act of being a reluctant truth teller , someone who would rather not share information that might cause pain to a person or their reputation.

- he is suggesting that Othello misjudged Cassio when he promoted him and that his drinking makes him unreliable

"It were well the General were put in mind of it. Perhaps he sees it not, or his good nature prizes the virtue that appears in Cassio and looks not on his evils"

Montano 2.3

- having heard from Iago that C has a 'drink problem' M believes O should be informed. He ponders whether O was a bad judge of character and failed to see C failings and bad character. This is ironic because no one see the 'evils' behind I appear even of honesty and loyalty.

- theme - appearance and reality

‘Not I for this fair island! I do love Cassio well and would do much to cure him of this evil’

- Iago to M 2.3

- Montano has just said that someone should tell O about C drinking problem

- I love and respect Cassio, and want to help him with his alcohol problem.

- Showing Montano that he is a nice person, but really he isn't and this is just an act to gain his confidence. He plays a role to win trust of someone who reluctantly shares bad news.

- a master at making someone look bad while seeming to want to defend them

- pose and act of the reluctant truth teller , a well meaning friend who would rather not say something that may cause pain or show someone in a bad light, so that people will not suspect him of malice and will believe him more quickly and easily.

'Nay god lieutenant , i pray you sir, hold your hand.'

M to C 2.3

- Cassio is chasing R who he says insulted him

- M tries to intervene

- Cassio then fights M when he says he is drunk

'Away I say. Go out and cry a mutiny'

Iago 2.3 to R

-he tells R to wake up the town

'Who's that which rings the bell? The town will rise. God's will , lieutenant hold. You'll be ashamed forever'

Iago 2.3

He pretends to be worried about the fight becoming public knowledge when he has orchestrated it all so that will happen and sent Roderigo to ring the bell.

- he understand that his public reputation is very important to Cassio.

‘He that stirs next to carve for his own rage holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion’

- Othello

- commanding, used to being in control , demands order

- The next man to swing his sword must not care about his own life because when he swings, he will die - Cassio does not stop the first time O tells all to hold - O expects obedience

- Othello is angered when he feels he is not in control, he needs to feel in control and demands loyalty from those close to him

- when angered he is capable of rash and possibly violent action

‘Honest Iago , that looks dead with grieving, speak.’

Othello 2.3

- after O is awoken by the disturbance and fight between C and R he first stops the fighting and then turns to 'honest ' Iago for an account of what happened. That he asks I first suggests how deeply he trusts him.

- Iago plays many roles , he is secretly delighted but convinces Othello he is saddened by the fight which in fact orchestrated.

'I do not know .....I cannot speak Any beginning to this peevish odds'

Iago 2.3

Pretends not to know or want to share what he knows about how the fight started

- the role and act of the reluctant witness and truth teller again. He pretends to be a loyal and well meaning friend who would rather not share information that will harm the person he is speaking about or too or damage their reputation.

'I pray that you pardon me; I cannot speak'

- Cassio

- Please, excuse me, sir. I can't speak

- Cassio says that he cannot speak after the brawl in the street with Montano when Othello asks him what happened. This allows Iago to lie about the event

‘Now by heaven, my blood begins my safer guides to rule, and passion, having my best judgement collied assays to lead the way’

- Othello

- I'm starting to get fed up, now tell me who started this fight you will all suffer. Whoever did it, I am through with you

- Shows that Othello is very upset, he has asked Iago, Cassio and montano to explain what happens but they will not answer him.

- we see that O cannot bear uncertainty or any disloyalty , he demands and expects honesty and trust from those he is close to.

- Is might be a habit from his soldiers life , he expects and demands total and clear loyalty and knowledge.

- But since he is an outsider who has not been accepted in society he may have had close and trusting relationships with very few people. So he can rely on only a few people and he is very hurt and angered if they let him down. When he doubts loyalty in people close to him he can feel strong anger which pushes him to act quickly and rashly and unwisely.

- he admits that strong passion in him can overrule and overwhelm his better judgement and lead him to act rashly.

‘I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth

Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio.

Yet I persuade myself to speak the truth’

- Iago

- I would rather have my tongue cut out than say something bad about Cassio, but I feel the need to tell the truth

- Iago acts like he has to be forced to say something that will cause pain to Cassio but really doesn't want to, but in reality he wants to destroy Cassio's reputation.

- he feigns /pretends reluctance and unwillingness to say what happened

- he is expert at saying things that will cause pain to others while appearing not to want to say it while appearing to wish to save people from pain or hurt due to what he has to say or share. ( he will do this in 3.3 with Othello as well )

- a master at making others look bad while seemingly trying to defend the person so they believe he is still a well meaning and loyal friend to them.

‘Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter,

Making it light to Cassio. Cassio, I love thee

But never more be officer of mines

- Othello

- Iago, I know that you are downplaying this because you are friends with Cassio, but Cassio I do love you but you will no longer be my lieutenant

- Iago's plan worked, Cassio is fired and the spot for lieutenant is now open

- Othello believes he is a loyal and supportive friend to Cassio

- Othello acts abruptly and quickly , he does not give Cassio the opportunity to speak in his defence. This suggests Othello may be overly hasty in making decisions when he feels angered and let down by those he loves.

‘Sir, for your hurts, myself will be your surgeon.’

- Othello

- I'll see to it personally that your wounds are treated

- Othello tells Montano that he himself personally will make sure that his wounds are healed

- shows Othello's kindness and respect for others

‘Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial’

- Cassio 2.3 - he has been dismissed

- 'My reputation, my job! I have lost the best part of my life, and what remains is nothing'

- Cassio mourns the loss of his position and reputation - he is very concerned with his status and what others think of him

"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, often got without merit, and lost without deserving "

Iago 2.3

- here he tells Cassio that he should not care so much about his reputation , that it is not important and often reputations are not deserved

- this is ironic since his reputation for honesty is not deserved ( appearance and reality )

- he will argue the exact opposite to Othello in 3.3 in order to play upon Othello's fears - this shows us how Iago will say anything that suits him and advances his 'peculiar end'

'You have lost no reputation at all unless you repute yourself such a loser'

- Iago

- You haven't lost your job or good name yet unless you think you have

- Iago pretends to comfort and support Cassio even though he is the cause of his troubles and enjoys seeing him suffer.

- Iago is trying to get Cassio to try and get his job back by talking to Desdemona. This will make Iago's plan of Othello thinking Desdemona is cheating on him work perfectly

'I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore.'

- Cassio

- I remember a jumble of impressions, but nothing distinctly. I remember a fight, but not why we were fighting

- Cassio is proving he was drunk when the quarrel occurred because he does not remember a thing

'I will ask him for my place again, he shall tell me I am a drunkard!'

- Cassio

- I'll ask for my job back, but he will just say I'm a drunk!

- This allows Iago to urge him up to to ask Desdemona to plead with Othello to restore him to his post.

‘and, good lieutenant, I think you think I love you’

- Iago

- Lieutenant, I think you know I'm your friend.

- he plays the role of well meaning friend

- Iago is lying to Cassio by telling him he is his friend and almost telling Cassio he can't trust him

‘Our general's wife is now the general’

- Iago 2.3

- Desdemona now has a lot of influence on Othello

- he tells Cassio to plead with Desdemona to speak with Othello on his behalf

- this is considered unusual ( patriarchal society )

- Iago does not seem to consider this normal , he seems to dislike the fact that a woman has power in the relationship

- Othello seems to treat Desdemona as an equal

- sexist society

'Confess yourself freely to her, importune her help to put you in your place again'

- Iago

- Open your heart to her, and she will help you get your job back

- Cassio will talk to Desdemona and Desdemona speak about him to Othello and Iago will use this as part of his plan to make him jealous

‘She is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do more than she is requested.’

Iago to C 2.3

- D is generous, obliging and kind hearted , she always tries to do even more than what is asked of her to help people

‘Good night, honest Iago’

Cassio 2.3 - more dramatic irony

- Iago is very successful at hiding his own nature and convincing people he is an honest and well meaning friend.

'For tis easy The inclining Desdemona to subdue/ In any honest suit. She's framed as fruitful as the free elements'

Iago 2.3 soliloquy

- D always wants to help an honest person with a genuine problem

- she is generous with her time and help

‘His soul is so enfettered to her love,

that she may make, unmake, do what she list,

even as her appetite shall play the god

with his weak function’

- Iago 2.3 to Ca

- Othello loves Desdemona so much and would do anything for her, even abandon his religion

- Iago has a cynical view of women and relationships - he seems to think they manipulate men and use them , he thinks Desdemona has made Othello her slave

- he is appalled at the idea of a woman having influence in a relationship

- Shows how much Othello truly cares for her

- Iago sees love as a weakness - cynical view of relationships

"Divinity of hell! When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows, as I do now."

Iago- Soliloquy. (2.3)

- Boasts about how he puts on a show of well meaning friendship while he is really plotting against those who consider him to be their friend.

- infernal and diabolical imagery emphasises Iago's evil nature

- appearance and reality

‘I'll pour this pestilence into his ear: That she repeals him for her body's lust; And by how much she strives to do him good, She shall undo her credit with the Moor.’

- Iago soliloquy 2.3

- I'll poison the Moor's ear against her

- Iago is going to tell Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio

- the more she tries to help Cassio the more O will suspect her as Iago will tell her she does it because she is having an affair with Cassio

"So I will turn her virtue into pitch, / And out of her own goodness make the net / That shall enmesh them all"

Iago 2.3 soliloquy

- Iago telles himself that he will turn Desdemona's good intentions into a big trap to ruin everyone

- he understands people and their character and can anticipate how they will act , this allows him to manipulate others

- 'net' - Iago will create a web of lies and deceit that traps people

'With no money at all and a little more wit, return again to Venice'

- Roderigo

- With no money but a little more wisdom, I will return to Venice

- Roderigo has given up on trying to win back Desdemona so he wants to return to his home

- He complains of being beaten by Cassio and yet he is no closer to winning Desdemona

- he has spent all his money

'How poor are they that ha' not patience

Doesn't not go well ? Cassio hath beaten thee And thou ..hast cashiered Cassio

Away, I say, thou silt know more hereafter'

Iago 2.3

- convincing R things are going well , his plan for R to win D is in progress

- he wants to keep R close if he needs him and to make sure he does not talk

"Pleasure and action make the hours seem short"

Iago 2.3 - soliloquy - he shares his true thoughts and feelings in his soliloquy's , he wears masks and acts out parts in front of other people never revealing his true self.

- he enjoys provoking and observing conflict.

- he has got pleasure out of his efforts to ruin Cassio and the time he has spent planning to destroy O and D relationship and peace of mind

'Ay, that's the way.

Dull not device by coldness and delay'

- Iago soliloquy 2.3

- That's the way I will do it. I can't be slow to act and ruin my perfect plan

- Iago just thought out the next part of his plan and must act fast for all to go well.

- he will get Emilia to speak to Desdemona asking her to help Cassio by seeing him and speaking up for him

- Iago himself will take Othello away from Desdemona but then bring him back to her just as she is speaking with Cassio