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The respect Iago once had for Othello was soon morphed into hate, which hints a little towards betrayal. "I think thou dost; And for I know thou'rt full of love and honesty and weigh'st thy words before thou giv'st them breath, therefore these stops of thine fright me the more. For such things in a false, disloyal knave are tricks of custom; but in a man that's just, they're close dilations working from the heart that passion cannot rule (Act 3, Scene 3)." In this quote, Othello is saying that If some lying, cheating villain acted like that, it would just be a trick, which foreshadows what Iago's plans for the future is. Othello's trust will soon be manipulated by Iago. .
Secondly, the love Desdemona and Othello had for each other was indescribable. They were absolutely head over heels in love. Desdemona loved, admired and respected Othello, as did he. But after suspicions arose in Othello about his wife's faithfulness, it all changed. At first, he refused to believe the stories he was being told by Iago. But after overhearing a conversation between Cassio and Iago, he was convinced. Ever since, Othello went from loving Desdemona to hating just the thought of her. Desdemona notices the change in her husband, but doesn't think anything of it. The night she is murdered, Desdemona prepares herself for bed. She tells Emilia about a song called "Willow." She says this song was sung by one of her mother's servants who was in love with a crazy guy who ended up leaving her. She says that the song is stuck in her head and worries that Othello has gone crazy and will desert her too. "My mother had a maid called Barbary, she was in love, and he she loved proved mad and did forsake her. She had a song of "Willow," an old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune and she died singing it. That song tonight will not go from my mind. I have much to do but to go hang my head all at one side and sing it like poor Barbary.
