In the beginning of the play when she is brought to the court to defend her relationship with Othello in front of her father, she does so and is honest with her father regardless of the consequences, "To you I am bound for life and education I am hitherto your daughter. ... And so much duty as my mother showed you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my lord... However, she does try to manipulate Othello to attempt to let her live longer, "Kill me tomorrow; let me live tonight But half an hour!"... Another time she is faithful to Othello ar...

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The irony behind this line is that he then says, "I know not if't be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety." ... Othello then discharges Cassio when he says, "I love thee; But nevermore be officer of mine." ... Cassio : Good night honest Iago...I never knew a Florentine more kind and honest. ... "I will be hanged if some eternal villain, some busy and insinuating rogue, some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else." ... But Emilia was never killed, so why must Desdemona die? ...

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Othello - "Not I; I must be found. ... Cassio, I love thee, But never more be officer of mine" (1078) For his one transgression, Cassio is stripped of his rank and cast aside. ... Iago - "There are a kind of men so loose of soul that in their sleep will mutter their affairs . ... Othello does not kill Iago, he says that Iago is the devil, and the devil cannot be killed. ... But the skills that make a good general are only applied with problem in his civilian life. ...

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In one way this is good for him. ... If he knows she is capable of manipulation, Othello will believe that he is the more deceived. ... One of the main factors in Othello is Roderigo, Iagos half witted right hand man. ... I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors. In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee..(1.1, ln 106-109) Brabantios words indicate that he has a not so pleasant past with Roderigo. ...

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SCENE SUMMARIES AND NOTES Act I, Scene 1 The play opens late at night on a street in Venice. ... Coming downstairs, Brabantio is a mess, not thinking clearly and speaking in half-sentences. ... He does not want Othello to know anything about the part he played in inciting Brabantio; to make his plans work, Iago must stay in the good graces of Othello and appear to be a loyal ensign. ... Iago says he was so upset at the words that he wanted to stab Roderigo; only his conscience prevented him from doing so. ... He then tells "good Iago" to go and unload his things; ironical...

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