Othello Quote Analysis

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Trust, such innocence and beautiful word that could connect each other, can become anybody nightmare if it falls into the wrong hand. People, sometimes, put their trust on something that they can't even prove or at least try to understand. Othello in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare also made such mistake. He chose friendship over love just because of Iago always honest. He had put his faith in Iago's hand instead of believing in his love.

Iago always acts as Othello support and abuse him with his honesty words. As his trusty nature, Othello never doubts about Iago's loyalty since he was so helpful and truthful. Not just him but everybody in the play view Iago as an honest man. As such, this gives Iago the opportunity to strike lies, since everything he said was believed to be the truth, Iago said, "Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me for making him egregiously an ass and practicing upon his peace and quiet even to madness." (II.1.330-334) This quote shows that Iago uses his honest side as a net for Othello's trust and he will use that trust against Othello himself as revenge on his position and rumors about Othello sleeps with his wife. Othello trusted in him gave Iago the advantage to reveal
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In order to take his revenge, he planned that Cassio to lose his position and convinced him to talk to Desdemona which will sparks Othello's curiosity. Iago's reaction to this situation questioned Othello's mind which made them more serious, and such worried Othello, he wonder, "I heard thee say even now thou lik’st not that when Cassio left my wife. What didst not like?...if thou dost love me, show me thy thought."(III.3.125-133) This quote shows that Othello views Iago as his best friend and he knew that Honest Iago knows something horrible going on between Desdemona and Cassio by the way he reacted. Iago keeps pouring pestilence in Othello's ears and made everything

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