ENGL 348 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Roderigo, Necrophilia, Rightful Heir
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Iago always puts women down: this is man that othello turns to knowledge of his woman, line 177+ "oh my fair warrior" "if it were now to die,/ "twere now to be most happy" Ironic b/c he"s actually subdued by male soldier, iago. Iago says to roderigo that desdemona is sleeping w/ cassio: no men in play think in temporal terms. 33 hours to end of play, yet many things happen that seem to take weeks. Sense of possibility that desdemona could commit act even though it"s physically impossible: persuades roderigo that desdemona wants jewels. 2. 1 line 244: "blessed fig"s-end! the wine she drinks is made of/ grapes: if she had been blessed, she would never/ have loved the moor. Ironic b/c he hates her: loves her b/c she will be a tool to exact revenge upon othello, projected heterosexual desire to beard himself in her thoughts.
