... Act 1, Iago uses bestial imagery to alarm the rage of Barbantio when he says, " an old black ram is tupping your white ewe." (Lines 97-98) His statement juxtaposes white vs. black imagery along with animal imagery to enrage the senator. He also uses similar imagery to enrage Othello in Act 3, Scene 2, when he describes Cassio and Desdemona was being "prime ... you, the stars. It is the cause. Yet I"ll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she"ll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the ...

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As far as the case of Iago vs. the court goes, there is "without a doubt" evidence leading to Iago's guilt in being an accessory to the murder of Desdemona and an accessory to the suicide of Othello ... in the conversation between Iago and Othello in lines 90 to 257 of Act III, scene iii. Here Iago spark jealousy in a clever way. He brings it up and then tries to cover himself up by agreeing with Othello's first reaction to get rid of the jealous feelings: "Away at once with love or jealousy" (192). But in this ... Othello's anger to the extent of his saying: "O, damn her! damn her!" (III, ii...

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