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  1. Mar 2025
    1. Iago's manipulation tactics can be seen in action as they begin to damage Othello's belief of everyone around him. Othello is now practically insane- trying to force confessions of things he should want to be untrue.

    2. woe upon thy life!

      This shows just how much Othello has lost his senses. He is threatening death for a confession of something that may or may not be true, and he only wants to hear that his wife has been unfaithful. Othello later uses threats of death to get this confession from Desdemona, who denies it even to her death.

    3. Villain

      I find it interesting that Othello refers to Iago as a villain here. Iago is obviously the villain of the story, but right now he's the person that Othello wants to trust the most. Is he calling him villain for "keeping" the news of Desdemona's "relationship" with Cassio away from him?

    4. had been happy if the general camp, Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body, So I had nothing known. O, now, forever Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!

      Othello wishes to had never heard what Iago told him just to grant him peace of mind.