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Celine Ly - Othello Act V Notes

Scene i
● Starts in the middle of a conversation between Iago and Roderigo
● Iago and Roderigo are in the middle of their scheming, as Iago says he will be behind
Roderigo’s back when he kills Cassio - not going to lie, I think this is a lie and Iago will
make Roderigo take all of the blame
● Iago gives Roderigo false courage so that Roderigo can do Iago’s bidding
● Roderigo admits that he has no interest or motivation to kill Cassio, he’s basically just
doing it so that he can prove Iago wrong about being with Desdemona - but this isn’t
going to happen because Desdemona and Cassio will die at the same time, Othello
killing Desdemona and Roderigo, technically posing as Iago to kill Cassio
○ Roderigo is basically just doing this because Iago gave him a good offer of what
would happen if he did kill Cassio
● Iago speaks to the audience at Line 11 and basically reveals that he’s having Roderigo do
this for him to: 1. Defer Roderigo’s fury that was originally directed at Iago - because
Roderigo feels that Iago is basically using him because he cannot see any results -
towards killing Cassio - because Roderigo is fooled into thinking that Cassio is basically
Roderigo’s love rival for Desdemona / and 2. Iago doesn’t want Roderigo to ask for his
money back - Iago originally lied about promising Roderigo that he would purchase
jewels to gift to Desdemona, but obviously he hasn’t because he’s just wasting them on
mani pedi sprees - and he wants to drive Roderigo’s attention away from asking Iago to
pay him back for all the money he’s given Iago (basically Iago doesn’t want Roderigo to
blackmail him into giving his money back) (Lines 11-17)
● Around Line 19-20, Iago says that his motivation to kill Cassio is because Cassio looks
better than Iago - both physically and socially - so Iago just doesn’t want to look bad or
compare himself to Cassio anymore - bruh
● Iago also mentions that Othello may replace the thought of Cassio with himself (Iago),
as Iago replaces Cassio as Lieutenant and essentially fills in the spot that Cassio once
had - OR - Iago is referencing to himself usurping Othello’s throne and replacing him
as King
● Does he admit that he doesn’t want to kill Cassio in Line 21 when he says he’s stressing
about whether to kill him or not? - I think he’s contemplating because he just doesn’t
want to waste unnecessary energy if he doesn’t need to - killing Cassion
● Although Roderigo doesn’t care about killing Cassio, he’s clearly following what Iago
wants him to do - even if he doesn’t know it - to direct his frustration towards Cassio -
where he calls him a “Villain” in Line 23
○ Roderigo. “I know his gait, ‘tis he. Villain, thou diest!” (V.i.23).
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● The first time Roderigo tries to strike Cassio, he misses, and so Cassio commends
Roderigo for trying, but because Cassio is a bit arrogant, he tells Roderigo that he is
better at fighting than him
○ He then actually hits Roderigo, but it’s just a strike, it doesn’t kill Roderigo
● Iago then comes out from the shadows and strikes Cassio in the leg (I assume the calf)
to which catches Cassio off-guard
○ I presume this is a fatal blow to Cassio, as Cassio exclaims, “Help, ho! Murder!
Murder!” when Iago flees from the scene (V.i.28).
○ Note: Roderigo is still present, and he is injured (I do not know where, but I
presume his waist/rib cage if he cannot run away)
● When Roderigo yelps, “Oh, villain that I am!” I think he doesn’t mean to call himself a
betrayer or m-effer of the sort, I think he’s just calling himself out for being a fool by
falling into Iago’s trap once again by agreeing to kill Cassio
● Othello calls Iago “brave,” “honest, “just,” and “noble,” for striking Cassio - like dude,
Cassio used to be your best bro but now you’re making Iago look like some hero for
hurting him - earlier you were so worried for Cassio when he stabbed Montano and
now you’re reveling in him when he’s in the same state as Montano - smh (shaking my
head)
● OTHELLO CALLED DESDEMONA A “Minion” in line 32 OH HECK NO - Minion, from
the Perrine’s definition, is another way of saying, “Darling, in a bad sense” OTHELLO
JUST CALLED DESDEMONA SOME INFERIOR IN A MOCKING WAY HE’S TURNED SO
SADISTIC OH MY GOSHHHHH *sigh* I don’t like what Othello has turned into :( -
Thanks a lot Iago >:(
○ He says Iago teaches him how to act in Line 33 *utter disbelief*
● After Iago harms Cassio, Othello sees for himself that Iago kept his word and, aloud,
tells Cassio that he will now go after Desdemona and, basically, her bed will be
splattered with her “lust’s blood,” basically misunderstanding ONCE AGAIN that Cassio
and Desdemona made love on Othello and Desdemona’s marital bed *I cannot believe
this man majority of the time now - communication is literally a part of a relationship
but apparently Othello didn’t think about that part EVEN THOUGH HE IS THE
COMMANDER OF AN ARMY - I DON’T KNOW I GUESSS (sarcastic)*
○ When Othello says he’s going after Desdemona, he mentions that he will damn
Cassio to Hell and that he has closed the image of Desdemona’s eyes out of his
mind, revealing that Othello still believes in her beauty and he has to force
himself to not think of it in order to succeed in his endeavor to kill her -
meaning, I think he’s still somewhat conflicted at this point but I also can’t really
say because Othello has gone pretty far down the sanity train
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○ Note: even when Lodovico and Gratiano arrive, no one helps Cassio or Roderigo
who are clearly dying of blood loss :( - My medical teacher would be furious
(Mrs. Edmonds)
● Iago literally pops up a few seconds later with a light to make it look like he wasn’t a
part of the scene when he legit hurt Cassio *what the heck face*
● Lol, Gratiano calls Iago an Ancient cause he doesn’t know he was upgraded to
Lieutenant literally like last week
● IAGO DID NOT JUST STAB RODERIGO----- *I am so sad* - Iago stabs Roderigo
between Line 62-62
○ He also called Roderigo a “murderous slave” and a “villain” in Line 62 :(
● Roderigo calls Iago “damned” and an “inhumane dog” in Line 63 - I think that’s pretty
accurate if I do say so myself :)
● After Iago kills Roderigo, he questions Roderigo’s standing - if he’s good or evil - and
this is just Iago being Iago again by acting like he doesn’t know Roderigo, even though
he just put the boy up to his dirty bidding and blamed the crime on him when Iago
clearly planned for it to happen
○ Honestly, I think Roderigo is on the good side, but, him agreeing to kill Cassio
wasn’t very principle of him to do, so I think he is innocent and good at heart,
however, not 100%
○ I think it’s pretty dark outside (duh Celine it’s night), if Gratiano cannot even tell
that Cassio is literally dying on the ground next to him
● Iago deceivingly calls Cassio, “brother,” after literally just slashing his legs off behind
his back (V.i.73). *what the heck face*
○ Poor Cassio has no idea that Iago was really the one that slashed his legs
● Iago is the one that patches up Cassio’s wound with his robe
● Bianca enters the scene and even though she was mad Cassio earlier on for basically
slandering her behind her back, she is very concerned for him as he lays wounded on
the ground
○ She says “my dear Cassio” and “My sweet Cassio” but I’m pretty sure she
dumped him earlier on so I don’t know if she’s just being delusional thinking
Cassio is hers or in this time of urgency she just forgot about their fight and was
only concerned about him because she genuinely loves him
● Iago calls her what Othello calls Desdemona (a Strumpet) - I feel like Iago is going to
use Bianca and fool everyone into thinking she was behind this because Cassio dumped
her - so it will make it look like she’s acting out of revenge
● Not even Cassio would consider Bianca, I don’t think he remembered Bianca though,
but if he’s like Othello, he could easily fall for Iago’s words and think Bianca would have
motive to act against him
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● As Iago slanders Bianca for being “trash,” he continues to put up a facade as he

exclaims to “[l]end [him] a garter” or “a chair / [t]o bear [Cassio] easily hence”
(V.i.82-85).
○ So, not only does he act like Cassio’s best friend in the world, HE JUST CALLED
BIANCA TRASH *clearly offended*
● I don’t completely understand the scene where Iago asks Cassio if he recognizes “this
face” (V.i.90). I assumed he was asking for himself, if whether Cassio recognized Iago’s
face, but, he could be asking Cassio if he recognized Roderigo’s face
● Gratiano says he knows Roderigo when he asks if Iago was talking about Roderigo “of
Venice” (V.i.93). - Is Roderigo a wanted criminal?
● In the middle of trying to help Cassio, Iago greets Gratiano, apologizing to him cause of
how much is going on at that moment
● So, turns out, the guy that Iago was talking to the whole time was actually Roderigo and
not Cassio - so that’s why Iago tells Bianca to basically “piss off lady”
● Right after calling her trash and a whore, Iago tells Bianca to get Cassio out of the scene
and to the surgeon - bruh - demanding orders from everyone I guess
● “Nay, guiltiness / Will speak, though tongues were out of use” - Iago basically says that
silence will speak louder than words when the time comes (V.i.109-110) - In this scene,
Bianca is helping take away Cassio and Roderigo on the stretchers and he looks to the
audience to observe how scared she is - he will use this against her later
● After Emilia enters the scene, Iago blames Cassio’s injuries on Bianca, calling her
(Bianca) a whore again, referring to the injuries as the “fruits of whoring” (V.i.116).
○ Bianca then reveals here that she was the last person to see Cassio, as he dined
with her for supper
○ Iago can use this to his advantage
● EMILIA CALLS BIANCA A “Strumpet” IN LINE 121
○ I didn’t think Emilia would go there! - Iago not only manipulates his “comrades,’
but he has no qualms to emotionally manipulate his wife as well, as he knows
very well that she cares a great deal about Cassio and that she would exacerbate
all her frustrations onto Bianca
● Bianca fights back at Emilia and says that she’s not a whore and that she’s as moral as
Emilia is - Emilia doesn’t take this and damns her for her lies
○ “I am no strumpet, but of life as honest / As you that thus abuse me”
○ “As I! Fie upon thee!” (V.i.121-123).
● When Iago tells Emilia to go see Othello and Desdemona, it’s the first time he’s called
her by her name in the play (he usually just calls her woman)
○ I think it’s so that it makes Emilia look like a really raged villain while Iago is the
rationale one here
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● Iago calls Bianca’s defenses a “tale,” mocking her for trying to defend herself
● When he sends Emilia, I think he also intends for Emilia to get even more mad as he
will see Othello kill Desdemona, her best friend and the one she is supposed to protect
as her attendant

Scene ii
● When Othello kills Desdemona, she is in bed - sleeping - he doesn’t plan on killing her
in her sleep (I presume), so he’s going to wake her up - *sad*
● While he’s approaching Desdemona, Othello doubts himself and his morales interfere
with his focus - but he says he’s not going to damage her blood nor “scar that whiter
skin of hers than snow / And smooth as monumental alabaster” (V.ii.3-5). - this doesn’t
make sense - he doesn’t have poison and the only weapon he sports is a sword so ???
Othello? Hun? You there???
● Othello says he’s not going to say aloud what his justification for killing Desdemona is,
but then he says that he’s killing her so that she doesn’t cheat on any other man - ??? -
he just gave us a reason and he said he wasn’t - ??? - Maybe this isn’t an exact example,
but I feel this soliloquy is just Othello really fighting himself right now
● When Othello says, “Put out the light, and then put out the light,” he’s talking about the
lights to both the candle he’s holding and the fire of her heart - Othello uses the symbol
of the light to represent Desdemona’s life (V.ii.7).
● “If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, / I can again thy former light restore, / Should
I repent me” - Note: minister means servant - Othello refers to Desdemona’s light as
her life’s servant - In the whole line, Othello says he can revive Desdemona if he regrets
killing her - ??? - I don’t think he’s very smart in thinking that necromancy is 1. Socially
acceptable and 2. POSSIBLE - HOW IS THIS DUDE GOING TO REVIVE DESDEMONA
AFTER SHE’S DIED? SINCE WHEN DID OTHELLO HAVE A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE?
● “I know not where is that Promethean heat / That can thy light relume. When I have
plucked thy rose / I cannot give it vital growth again, / It must needs wither. I’ll smell
thee on the tree” - Note: Prometheus is the God of Fire in Greek Mythology - Othello
refers to the heat/fire of life - So Othello admits that he doesn’t know how he’d revive
Desdemona if she died (REAL EFFICIENT OTHELLO) - He also compares Desdemona to
a rose and states that if he couldn’t bring her back to life, she would just have to wither
and die - When he mentions the tree, he connects it to calling Desdemona a flower and
says that he should basically sniff her while she is still alive (attached to the tree) - *A
little suspicious and creepy even for you Othello* (V.ii.12-15).
○ DID HE JUST KISS HER AFTER HE CALLED HER A WHORE SO MANY TIMES IN
THE LAST ACT????? There are so many red flags happening I cannot stand
Othello right now
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● “Oh, balmy breath, that dost almost persuade / Justice to break her sword! One more,
one more” - Othello admits that her scent could be enough to persuade him into not
killing her, so he continues to smell her - *There are so many weird things happening
I’ve just become numb to Othello literally smelling the wife he is about to murder*
○ For the next few lines, Othello continues to *creepily* smell Desdemona and at
one point, he says that if she was as beautiful as she is at this moment, then he
would just kill her and continue loving her after she’s dead - *I am so cringed
out right now, this is something you hear in Tim Burton not Shakespeare*
● Othello also calls Desdemona, “sweet,” remarking that such a sweetness, thus his love,
has never felt so “fatal,” finding his love for Desdemona to be murderous to his plan to
kill her and his vengeful attitude towards her (V.ii.20).
● Othello labels his woes as “heavenly,” but I can’t really decipher what he really means
by that - Maybe that his sorrow is so high up on his scale and it reaches the heavens -
At the end of his whole soliloquy, Othello comes to the conclusion that he must kill his
love (Desdemona) - so all of this talking was for nothing -_-
● When Desdemona wakes up, Othello refers to her by her name rather than whore or
strumpet - *I want to say that it’s romantic but I kind of don’t want to lie to myself*
● Othello ignores Desdemona when she sweetly asks Othello if he wants to go to sleep
with her by asking her if she’s prayed yet - allusion to praying for her life - could either
mean asking for forgiveness for the last time she ever will or if she’s had a convo with
God cause she’s about to go visit him :(
○ Othello constantly asks Desdemona in this scene if she forgot anything to pray
for because he really doesn’t want to kill her when she still has regrets/still
hasn’t pleaded for forgiveness
● “No, heavens forfend, I would not kill thy soul!” - Othello is saying he doesn’t want to
send her soul to Hell when he kills her - *??? - ok??? Then don’t kill her???*
● Desdemona pleads for Othello’s forgiveness and he keeps saying he really wants to
believe her, *but he’s kinda lying because if he truly believed in her he wouldn’t kill her.
periodt*
● “They are loves I bear to you” - Desdemona says her only sin is her love for Othello
(V.ii.40).
● “Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? / Some bloody passion shakes your very frame”
- Desdemona notes of Othello’s shaking and trembling at the thought of killing
Desdemona
○ Actually it may not be at the direct thought of killing Desdemona, it may be
because he was thinking of the handkerchief and how it ended up in Cassio’s
hands - His mother’s beloved handkerchief
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● Even when Desdemona pleads that she is innocent, Othello is still convinced that she
gave her handkerchief to Cassio and advises her that she shouldn’t lie to him when
she’s about to die
● *Othello notes that Desdemona should confess or else he won’t be at peace of mind, but
I still don’t think he will be at peace even when Desdemona dies*
● “O perjured woman, thou dost stone my heart” - Othello says that Desdemona’s false
pleads are turning his heart into stone, similar to the concept of Medusa (V.ii.64)
● “No, his mouth is stopped. Honest Iago / Hath ta'en order for ’t” - Othello
*inconsiderately* says that Cassio wouldn’t say anything about the handkerchief and
would never be able to because Iago took care of him (Iago killed Cassio) (V.ii.73).
● Even after his death, Othello is still substantially angry at Cassio
○ When Desdemona cries for Cassio’s death, Othello switches back into his
furious persona and once again calls Desdemona a whore
● Desdemona pleads that Othello give her time before her death, but Othello says he
must do it at that moment or he will reconsider as well (I presume at least)
○ Othello literally asking Desdemona if she’s dead yet should be the biggest
reason why he shouldn’t have done this - he doesn’t even want to check himself
if she’s dead, he just has to assume she is from the lack of motion in her limp
body :(
○ So Othello doesn’t kill Desdemona with a sword, HE LITERALLY STRANGLES
HER *I’m going to cry*
● “My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife” - Just like when Desdemona said she no
longer has a husband :( (V.ii.96)
○ Othello compares Desdemona’s death to a destructive solar eclipse where the
moon and sun collide, connecting back to Iago wanting to disrupt Othello’s
balance - his logic - his world
● Othello blames the Full Moon when Emilia tells him that two murders has happened,
reminding me of a Werewolf, where it is believed that a man will transform into a
vicious wolf on a full moon and when he said Desdemona’s death should disrupt the
globe
● When Emilia reveals that Roderigo is dead but Cassio isn’t, Othello literally scoffs aloud
as if Emilia literally didn’t just scurry to tell him about his best bud’s death and just
takes it as “sweet revenge grows harsh” (V.ii.115).
● Note: Apparently Desdemona isn’t dead
○ Desdemona protects Othello until the end when she says that she’s the one that
almost killed herself, when the audience clearly knows that Othello just
attempted to right now before Emilia came
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○ However, her efforts are in vain as she dies immediately after - I assume from
the shock of being strangled
● When Othello says he doesn’t know who could’ve killed her, he sounds *way too*
similar to Iago when he questions Roderigo and acts like he’s innocent
● Going back to Desdemona’s efforts being in vain, Othello even admits to trying to kill to
Emilia
○ Emilia then calls Desdemona an “angel” and Othello the “blacker devil” - I
believe that is to refer to both his skin and his stance as a murderer
(V.ii.129-130).
○ Othello is completely numb to this situation, casually saying that it was
Desdemona’s fault and that she shouldn’t have cheated on him - *typical
sociopath* - he compares her to water (mutable)
● After Othello tells Emilia that Iago was the one that told him that Desdemona and
Cassio did the dirty, Emilia is in utter disbelief and consistently says “My husband”
because now she connects to her stealing the handkerchief for him to Cassio and
Desdemona’s deaths (V.ii.139-148).
○ Irony: Othello calls Iago “honest” when Emilia is about to burn Iago’s butt right
now (V.ii.147).
● “If he say so, may his pernicious soul / Rot half a grain a day! He lies to th' heart. / She
was too fond of her most filthy bargain” - Emilia slandering Iago, her own husband -
*we’ve all been waiting for this moment hun*
● Othello once again yells, “Ha!” the same thing Iago would’ve done (V.ii.157).
● “This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven / Than thou wast worthy her” - Emilia
tells Othello that killing her won’t get him to Heaven and that he wasn’t good enough
for Desdemona - *I’m screeching right now this is such a powerful scene* (V.ii.157-159).
○ Emilia calls Othello a “gull” and “dolt,” another way(s) of saying fool and dirt -
EMILIA CALLED OTHELLO A FOOL AND USELESS DIRT HA!
● In the next scene, Iago, Gratiano, and Lodovico all rush to Othello and Desdemona’s
chambers and Emilia argues with Iago, asking him if he was the culprit that told Othello
such lies of Cassio and Desdemona’s infidelity
● When Othello tells Gratiano to look at his dead niece, Gratiano doesn’t even care about
Desdemona, he just says that Brabantio would be so grief-stricken if he was still alive
● “Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, / All, all cry shame against me, yet I’ll
speak” - *OH SHOOT EMILIA STANDING UP TO IAGO IS SO COOL* -I TOTALLY
AGREE! Emilia is telling Iago off for trying to shut her up and basically putting him in
his place right now
○ Iago also calls her “Zounds!” (V.ii.218).
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● Iago calls his wife a “Villainous whore!” and “Filth” after she admits to stealing the
handkerchief for her husband (V.ii.227-230).
● Othello finally realizes that Iago was the one that made up all the folly of Cassio and
Desdemona’s affair and finally calls him a “villain” (V.ii.235).
○ “Are there no stones in heaven / But what serve for the thunder?” (V.ii.234-235). -
Othello basically asks the heavens to kill Iago on the spot
● Iago stabs Emilia after she ratted him out
● Montano calls Iago a “notorious villain” and orders Gratiano to kill Othello and calls
Othello a “damned slave” (V.ii.238-242).
● As Emilia lays wounded (I assume she is dying and is becoming delusional, like a sleepy
person), she says she will die like a “swan” and begins asking a nonexistent woman
what song she should sing, singing “Willow, willow, willow” (V.ii.246-248)
○ Even in her last moments, Emilia was true to Desdemona, vouching for her
passed friend that she never cheated on her husband and that she was innocent
all along - “Moor, she was chaste. She loved thee, cruel Moor, / So come my soul
to bliss as I speak true” (V.ii.249-250).
○ Emilia dies at this moment :(
● In Othello’s last speech about his life, he is talking to Gratiano
○ Othello mentions “compt” ( Judgment Day) and admits that “fiends will snatch”
his soul, where he will reside in Hell for all of eternity and devils/demons will
snatch his soul (V.ii.272-274).
○ He also calls himself a “cursed slave” for killing an innocent woman such as his
wife, Desdemona (V.ii.275)
● After his soliloquy, Lodovico, Montano, and Cassio all return to the chambers with Iago
and Othello refers to himself as if he was a rogue soul without a body, referring to
himself as “That he that was Othello” - The man that used to be Othello (V.ii.283).
○ Lodovico calls Iago a “viper” - A snake (V.ii.284)
○ Othello stabs Iago in this scene, however, it does not kill him - Othello wishes
for Iago to live knowing the crime he committed while Othello himself wants to
die because death represents happiness in these last moments - “For in my
sense ’tis happiness to die” (V.ii.289).
● “Why, anything. / An honorable murderer, if you will, / For naught I did in hate, but all
in honor” - Othello tells Montano to call him anything he would like to and basically
reflects on his actions being unforgivable (V.ii.293-294).
○ Othello also calls Iago “that demi-devil” and uses words like “ensnared” when
referring to Iago’s deception (V.ii.300-301).
○ Cassio calls Iago “heathenish and most gross” (V.ii.112).
○ Othello also calls Iago a “pernicious caitiff” (V.ii.317).
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● Cassio and everyone else in the room find out that Iago was the one that ordered
Roderigo to provoke Cassio when he was drunk through letters - basically the
equivalent to evidential messages
○ When Lodovico, Montano, and Cassio all capture Iago and bring him to Othello,
Lodovico is the one that tells Othello that Roderigo had 2 letters written by Iago
○ One includes the plan that Roderigo is going to kill Cassio
○ The other is Roderigo writing back to Iago, saying he is going to expose him to
the council (basically Othello and Montano - I assume Roderigo didn’t know that
Lodovico would be coming but this would also include telling Lodovico)
○ I also don’t believe Iago received Roderigo’s letter saying that Roderigo would
expose Iago, as I believe Roderigo was planning on giving Iago the letter after
he’d slain Cassio, which obviously did not go to plan
● Cassio is now going to govern Cyprus instead of Iago
● “Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, / Nor set down aught in malice. Then must
you speak / Of one that loved not wisely, but too well. / Of one not easily jealous, but
being wrought, / Perplexed in the extreme. Of one whose hand, / Like the base Indian,
threw a pearl away / Richer than all his tribe. Of one whose subdued eyes, / Albeit
unused to the melting mood, / Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees / Their medicinal
gum. Set you down this, / And say besides that in Aleppo once, / Where a malignant and
a turbaned Turk / Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, / I took by the throat the
circumcisèd dog, / And smote him, thus” (V.ii.337-355) - Othello pleads Iago to not speak
of him in exaggerated manners, but instead, describe him as someone that loved so
much but was naive and could not handle it correctly without mishandling it, an idiot
that threw something as beautiful as a pearl away because of himself, someone who was
very sentimental but did not cry a lot - Right after this, Othello stabs himself as a
demonstration of a Turk defeating a Venetian
○ Othello kisses Desdemona when he was about to kill her, and he kisses her
again as he lays dying from his self-inflicted stab
● Lodovico calls Iago a “Spartan dog” and a “hellish villain” when he bestows Cassio the
role of Governor and requests that he punish Iago in any tortuous manner possible
because of all the dead people laying in what was once Othello and Desdemona’s
bedroom
○ “O Spartan dog, / More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea, / Look on the tragic
loading of this bed. / This is thy work. The object poisons sight, / Let it be hid” -
Lodovico’s words to Iago - He insults Iago saying he is worse than starvation,
the ocean, and sorrow in itself (V.ii.360-362).
● Important note: Lodovico is the last one in the play to speak, thus, marking him as the
most rational, level-headed, and neutral character out of the entire play.
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YOU MISSED THE TWO LETTERS THAT YOUR OWN CHARACTER WROTE AFTER MEETING
IAGO IN ACT IV….