English 1027F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Roderigo, Brabantio
9 Nov 2018
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Iago"s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulatio(cid:374) is (cid:271)ased arou(cid:374)d (cid:449)ords; othello a(cid:374)d desde(cid:373)o(cid:374)a (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e lo(cid:448)ers because he won her over with his words. 1. 1. 231 - duke is trying to comfort brabantio after he finds out desdemona has been married - (cid:862)(cid:449)ords are (cid:449)ords, heart has (cid:374)ot (cid:271)ee(cid:374) pier(cid:272)ed through the ear(cid:863) Duke is tryi(cid:374)g to (cid:272)o(cid:373)fort b (cid:271)y sayi(cid:374)g that (cid:449)ords (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e that ki(cid:374)d of affe(cid:272)t o(cid:374) people and dismissing them. Insincere words and words that come from a lack of empathy have less power than sincere words. Speech that othello gives when he is charged with witchcraft against desdemona - (cid:862)rude a(cid:373) i i(cid:374) (cid:373)y spee(cid:272)h (cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005). (cid:1007)(cid:895) - claims that he is not very well-spoken. Even though he is not well spoken, he is sincere and heartfelt - he is an honest man which is why people listen to him. If he had been dragging out his speech and making it *pretty*, it would have become less sincere.
