Iago literature

‘ and nothing can or shall content my soul til I am even with him wife for wife ‘

Shows little respect for women as he is trying to trade them like objects

Iago only wants to have sex with Desdemona out of revenge not for passion but to punish Othello

‘Her eyes must be fed’

Iago a disrespect for women is reinforced by his rude innuendos

The metaphor shows how he believes Desdemona is greedy and will soon loose interest in Othello

Shows her love as animalistic lust

‘Men are all but stomachs and we are all but food’

The grotesque metaphor suggests the little love in Iagos and Emilia’s marriage

Suggests that women in her own experience are only there to serve and to satisfy their husbands sexual appetite

‘ Bells in your parlours.Wildcats in your kitchens, saints in your injuries, devils being offended, players in your housewifery and housewives in your beds’

Iago suggests they want the house to run well but don’t want to play in bed and critics women for not wanting sex

States that women overreact

They conform to their housewife role but that’s not enough

‘ Blesses figs end! The wine she drinks is made of grapes if she had been blessed she would’ve never loved the moor ‘

Hyperbolic quote and insulting statement he tries his best to coax Rodrigo into thinking Desdemona will present a lack of loyalty soon.

Degrades Othello and Desdemona relationship and their strong bond

Continues to promote the idea that women are not loyal and they are vain

‘Our bodies are Gardens to the which our wills are gardeners’

Extended metaphor shows how we should have control of who we lust/love

Shows Iagos lack of morality doesn’t respect love

‘She did deceive her father by marrying you’

Reminds Othello that if she deceived her authority figure once she will do it again

Minimising their romantic bond to a gesture that may occur again in the future

Showing how women are untrustworthy

Iago creates a weaponisation of love