Monologue

Iago Monologue from Othello

From Othello by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 54 sec

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That’s not amiss. But yet keep time in all. Will you withdraw? (Othello withdraws.) Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, A housewife that by selling her desires Buys herself bread and clothes: it is a creature That dotes on Cassio, (as ’tis the strumpet’s plague To beguile many and be beguil’d by one.) He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain From the excess of laughter. Here he comes. Enter Cassio. As he shall smile Othello shall go mad, And his unbookish jealousy must construe Poor Cassio’s smiles, gestures, and light behaviour Quite in the wrong. How do you now, lieutenant?

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Iago plots to manipulate Othello's perception of Cassio and Bianca, setting the stage for jealousy and chaos as he prepares to exploit Othello's vulnerabilities.

30s · anticipation · jealousy · betrayal · manipulation · power

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