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diiane86
diiane86
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High School - 12th Grade

After lago lied and told Othello that Cassio confessed going to bed with Desemona, what advice does he give the overwhemed Othello?

 

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Posted by diiane86 on Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 12:54 PM and tagged with cassio, desdemona, iago, othello.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    In Act IV, Iago convinces Othello that his wife has had an affair with Cassio. At first, Othello wants to poison his wife but Iago tells him to strangle her in bed. Iago suggests that he be the one to kill Cassio. 

    OTHELLO: Get me some poison, Iago, this night. I'll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind again. This night, Iago:

    IAGO:Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.

    OTHELLO: Good, good, the justice of it pleases, very good.

    IAGO: And for Cassio, let me be his undertaker. You shall hear more by midnight. (IV,i,213-221)

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 1:27 PM