It is most true true, I have married her: That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors, ≻rabantio's description of potential suitors whom Desdemona avoided. The wealthy curled darlings of our nation. With gentle irony, Othello prevents an imminent brawl between his soldiers and Brabantio's gang. Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs Iago again uses beastly imagery of sex in order to provoke Brabantio.
Iago accuses Brabantio of being blind to the truth because of his prejudice against the messengers that bring the truth. You are one of those that will not serve God, if the devil bid you. Trying to provoke Brabantio, Desdemona's father, Iago delivers an obscene description of sex between Othello and Desdemona. Iago boasts that Othello doesn't really know him.Įven now, now, very now, an old black ram Iago's opinion of what should be done to reward servants who are loyal to their masters. Iago says that though he serves his master, Othello, he does so only for his own purposes, not to "truly follow" him. We cannot all be masters, nor all mastersĬannot be truly follow'd.
Iago resentfully explains that he didn't get a promotion ("preferment") because Cassio was the beneficiary of favoritism, even though in the good old days a promotion would have been awarded strictly on the basis of seniority. The bookish theoric Iago's scornful characterization of Cassio's military knowledge as all theory learned from books.Īnd not by old gradation, where each second More than a spinster Iago's description of Cassio, who was chosen by Othello to be his lieutenant, a position that Iago wanted.