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Iago Monologue from Othello

From Othello by William Shakespeare

male · sarcastic · 1:02 min

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(Aside.) He takes her by the palm. Ay, well said, whisper. With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio. Ay, smile upon her, do. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. You say true, ’tis so, indeed. If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt to play the sir in. Very good; well kissed, an excellent courtesy! ’Tis so, indeed. Yet again your fingers to your lips? Would they were clyster-pipes for your sake! (Trumpets within.) The Moor! I know his trumpet.

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Iago plots to manipulate Cassio and Othello by using Desdemona's affections, revealing his cunning and deceitful nature.

30s · anger · betrayal · power · jealousy · manipulation

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