... not what I am' immediately discloses his duplicitous nature yet the dramatic irony in Othello addressing him as 'Honest Iago' portrays how the antagonist's deception victimises Othello's naivety. 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 ... ...

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... his own personal gain, but symbolises through the usage of the word strings' the extent to which he is the puppeteer', controlling the people around him without their knowledge. This metaphor occurs several other times in the play, most noticeably when he says of Othello "O you are well tuned now! But I'll set down the pegs that make this music- - in ... ...

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