3 Important Quotes from Iago

Act 2 scene 3:

"If I can fasten but one cup upon him, With that which he hath drunk tonight already,  He'll be as full of quarrel and offence. As my young mistress' dog. Now, my sick fool Roderigo, Whom love hath turn'd almost the wrong side out, To Desdemona hath tonight carous'd Potations pottle-deep; and he's to watch: Three lads of Cyprus, noble swelling spirits, That hold their honors in a wary distance,  The very elements of this warlike isle, Have I tonight fluster'd with flowing cups, And they watch too. Now, 'mongst this flock of drunkards, Am I to put our Cassio in some action. That may offend the isle.—But here they come:"

In this passage Iago is trying to get Cassio to drink wine so he will get drunk. Iagos plan is when Cassio is drunk he will fight Rodrigo and lose some respect in the eyes of Othello. Then the people of Cyprus will no longer love him.

Act 3 scene 3

Iago: My lord, you know I love you.

Othello: I think thou dost; And, for I know thou'rt full of love and honesty, And weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath,

In this passage Iago is displaying verbal sarcasm and the sarcasm where the reader knows it’s not true. He displays verbal sarcasm because it can be interpretive as he wants Othello to love him but at the same time he wants to destroy him. He displays the other type of sarcasm by lying to Othello so obviously for us the audience.

Act 4 Scene 2

Why, now I see there’s mettle in thee, and even from this instant do build on thee a better opinion then ever before. Give me thy hand, Rodrigo . thou hast taken against me a most just exception, but yet I protest I have dealt most directly in thy affair.

This passage Iago is trying to convince but mostly just soothe Rodrigo. Iago is trying to calm Iago down in his usual ways of honeyed talk  he says that he now respects Rodrigo more because he is man enough to face him.

In this passage he displays irony by saying that he has been honest and acting in the favor of Rodrigo while we as the readers know that he only used Rodrigo as a bank and now he’s just an nuisance and a constant annoyance to him.

One of Iago downfalls is that he underestimates people reactions like when he pushed Othello too far and Othello attacked him and know Rodrigo is doing the same thing. Iago thinks he can manipulate people perfectly but he has been proven wrong in two cases. He also underestimates people and thinks of them as below him and not worth much thought like his wife and Rodrigo. Rodrigo almost kill him and his wife destroys his plans to make Othello destroyed.

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