Othello Analysis: Act 2 Scene 2 and 3

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SOLILOQUY #2 Iago: "If I can fasten but one cup upon him" 11:54
SOLILOQUY #3 Iago "And what's he then that says I play the villain?" 34:48

Characters Discussed:
(for more information on Character see:    • Othello: Character Analysis  )

- C1 Othello: balanced character high with low (Apollo + Dionysus): 01:07
- C3 Iago: crude, vulgar (all Dionysus), character foil 04:16, 06:23; psychopath 11:54; charismatic psychopath 13:58; psychopathic manipulator 21:17; lies by telling the truth 24:09, 27:37, 34:48
- C4 Cassio: good-natured, gentlemanly 04:16; weak sense of self 06:23, (peer pressure) 11:54; puritanical, snobby, arrogant, weak shadow 13:58, 27:37; professional, dutiful, Apollonian, needy? 27:37
- C6 Roderigo: loser, slavish follower 40:39

Themes Discussed:
(for more information on Theme see:    • Othello: Theme Analysis  )

- T17 Baseness vs nobility, juxtaposition 01:07, 04:16, 08:48
- T17 Baseness and nobility -- healthy balance of high and low / spirit and body 01:07; 27:37
- T16 Excess vs moderation 01:07, 04:16, 27:37
- T12 Love: physical love as expression of spiritual marriage of true minds 01:07, 08:48
- T13 Love as mere bestial sex 04:16, 08:48, 34:48
- T5 We see what we expect/want to see (projection) 04:16, 06:23, 24:09, 27:37, 34:48
- T18 Language reveals character 04:16, 06:23, 11:54
- T7 Psychopathology 11:54; charisma 13:58; manipulation 21:17; lie by telling the truth 24:09, 27:37, 34:48; primes victim to see things in a certain way, presents self as concerned ally 24:09, 27:37
- T10 Weak shadow (poorly developed/integrated aggression) 13:58
- T11 Reputation and peripeteia (reversal of fortune) 13:58, 27:37
- T8 Manipulation 21:17; manipulator primes victim to see things in a certain way, presents self as concerned ally 24:09, 27:37

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