... own social status and power. Because he personally does not have all the necessary abilities to prove his superiority over such men as the Valiant Othello', he manipulates the other characters, using their skills for his own purposes. This is exemplified by Roderigo's statement that Iago has "had my ... 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 this instance, the strings are als...

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