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Page 44
... Iago's description of him- self means that Roderigo is being used , is Iago's dupe . This is sometimes taken as an indication of Iago's delight in his own powers ; but this seems to me too " realistic " an inference . The effect of Iago's ...
... Iago's description of him- self means that Roderigo is being used , is Iago's dupe . This is sometimes taken as an indication of Iago's delight in his own powers ; but this seems to me too " realistic " an inference . The effect of Iago's ...
Page 49
... Iago . Despite the lightness of tone here , there is a current of serious impli- cation , a nasty ambiguity in Iago's mock - serious misogyny . This is especial- ly notable in his reply to Desdemona's " What wouldst thou write of me ...
... Iago . Despite the lightness of tone here , there is a current of serious impli- cation , a nasty ambiguity in Iago's mock - serious misogyny . This is especial- ly notable in his reply to Desdemona's " What wouldst thou write of me ...
Page 52
... Iago serves him- self , not the Moor . But it means more than this . It means that he is not what he appears to be to ... Iago's forever . And at the very end of the scene , Othello , now utterly " lost , " tells Iago : " Now art thou my ...
... Iago serves him- self , not the Moor . But it means more than this . It means that he is not what he appears to be to ... Iago's forever . And at the very end of the scene , Othello , now utterly " lost , " tells Iago : " Now art thou my ...
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