"Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her, damn her!/ Come, go with me apart. I will withdraw/ To furnish me with some swift means of death /For the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant."
(speaking to Iago, lines 541-545)
This quote reveals the dark side of Othello and also shows that his emotions can be easily manipulated by Iago only because he trusts him so much. This evil trance Othello has been put in is strongly motivated by jealousy which is major theme in this book. Othello is obviously not thinking clearly because he so frustrated and filled with anger, he just made two huge mistakes by making Iago second-in-command and ultimately thinking that Desdemona and Cassio have betrayed him. Those two people should be the people that he can trust the most he just doesn't realize it but eventually I think he will.
lewd minx ~ promiscuous woman
When will Othello realize that Iago is actually his enemy and not his friend?
How do you think he's going to act toward Desdemona now?
L.J.B.
