... by the noseas asses are". Iago is just as negative about the finer qualities of character, not believing in any goodness or virtue. Reputation for him is "an idle and most false imposition". He considers love as "merely a lust of the blood and permission of the will". Virtue is only "a fig" that is soon rotted ... by the villainous Iago. He cannot stand to live with his guilt, so he stabs himself and dies on the body of his precious Desdemona. THEME ANALYSIS The Theme of Love Othello loves Desdemona as an extension of himself. His marriage is sustained by an idealized vision of Desdemona...

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