Furthermore, the metaphor within Iago's soliloquy as he describes Desdemona as 'free elements' whose virtues he will turn into 'pitch' foreshadows how the innocence of the lovers will be undermined by Iago's manipulation whilst aligning with critic Helen Gardner's statement 'to Iago, the world and other people exist for him only to be used' (The Noble Moor, 1955). ...

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