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Desdemona: 'If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it / To the ????? ??????.' III iii

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Desdemona: 'If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it / To the ????? ??????.' III iii

Desdemona: 'If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it / To the last article.' III iii
She goes over the top for Cassio; Iago knew she would do this; he uses her good quality to destroy her.

Iago: 'I cannot think it / That he would steal away so ???????, / Seeing you coming.' III iii

Iago: 'I cannot think it / That he would steal away so guilty-like, / Seeing you coming.' III iii
The early seeds Iago plants in Othello's mind.

Othello: 'Thou echoest me, / As if there were some ????? in thy thought / Too hideous to be shown.' III iii

Othello: 'Thou echoest me, / As if there were some monster in thy thought / Too hideous to be shown.' III iii
Iago makes Othello think he knows something dreadful, and will not say. The irony: he does, but it is different...

Iago: 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the ????? ???? ??????, which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.' III iii

Iago: 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.' III iii
See 'Thou echoest me...' The nature of jealousy: it is self-generating, and self-destructive.

Iago: 'I know our ???? ?????? well: / In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks / They dare not show their husbands.' III iii

Iago: 'I know our country disposition well: / In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks / They dare not show their husbands.' III iii
Iago preys on Othello's insecurities as an outsider to Venice, and an outsider to female sexuality and to romantic relationships.

Iago: 'She did ????? her father, marrying you; / And when she seemed to shake and fear your looks, / She loved them most.' III iii

Iago: 'She did deceive her father, marrying you; / And when she seemed to shake and fear your looks, / She loved them most.' III iii
Back to the Venetian 'country disposition': Desdemona cannot be trusted. Back to Brabantio in I iii: 'She has deceived her father, and may thee.'

Othello: 'This ????? creature doubtless / Sees and ???? more, much more, than he unfolds.' III iii

Othello: 'This honest creature doubtless / Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds.' III iii
Iago has infected Othello's frame of mind by this point in the scene. Yes indeed, he does know far more.

Othello: 'O curse of marriage, / That we can call these ????? ?????? ours, and not their ?????! III iii

Othello: 'O curse of marriage, / That we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites! III iii
A man who has control on the battlefield cannot control the 'appetites' of women.

Othello: 'Farewell the ????? mind! Farewell content!' III iii

Othello: 'Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!' III iii
By this stage in the scene he is convinced his 'content' is over: his 'occupation's gone.'

14. Iago: 'Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmations strong / As proofs of ??? ????.' (III.iii.)

14. Iago: 'Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmations strong / As proofs of holy writ. (III.iii.)
His understanding that jealous people do not need real 'evidence': it generates on nothing.

Othello - '.Give me the ????? proof' III iii

Othello - '.Give me the ocular proof' III iii
He now essentially wants to see Desdemona cheating, having just said 'be sure thou prove my love a wh*re!' Later he adds: 'Would I were satisfied!'

Iago: 'It is impossible you should see this, / Were they as prime as ????, as hot as ?????.' III iii

Iago: 'It is impossible you should see this, / Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys.' III iii
Ironically, the truth: it is impossible to see this. But he makes Othello 'see' the scene in his imagination.

Emilia: 'They are all but ?????, and we all but food; / They eat us hungerly, and when they are full, / They ???? us.' III iv

Emilia: 'They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; / They eat us hungerly, and when they are full, / They belch us.' III iv
Women in the play are used, abused, silenced: Emilia's cynicism about men is particularly interesting, given who her husband is.

Emilia: 'Jealous souls will not be answered so; / They are not ever jealous for the cause, / But jealous for they're ????. It is a ???? / Begot upon itself, born on itself.' III iv

Emilia: 'Jealous souls will not be answered so; / They are not ever jealous for the cause, / But jealous for they're jealous. It is a monster / Begot upon itself, born on itself.' III iv
Her understanding of the way jealousy self-generates. It needs little fuel.