12-08-10 Othello

Iago is the villain, but so far all my favorite quotes are from him!
Never thought that would happen...

Anyway, this scene was nuts. I could barely figure out the fine details, but I think I managed to get the main gist of things. The only thing I really needed to know was that the Turks were blown away by the storm and everyone is going to be ok.

Now, Iago and Roderigo.

Holy. Iago has the longest speeches I have ever seen. Must suck to act him out. No actually it would be awesome. Anyway, this section actually forced me to read the side notes to figure out everything. Here is what I got out of it:

1. Iago claims that Desdemona and Cassio are in love
2. He mentions "proof" of this a few times. Usually exaggerations.
3. He says that eventually Desdemona will tire of Othello and seek a younger more attractive fellow. Cassio.
4. Iago wants to take the chance to get some revenge on Cassio. He instructs Roderigo to try insulting Cassio to provoke some sort of outburst.
5.Using the outburst as leverage, Iago can shame Cassio and might get him demoted.

Anyway that is my take on what happened between Roderigo and Iago.

Comment on Harrison's Blog:

It's true. Iago is the puppet master and he is controlling everyone to the best of his ability. And yes, Iago is quite the loner. He may seem to have friends, but looking closely you can't really call them friendships. They are all one sided.