"Is this the noble Moor, whom our full senate / Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature / Whom passion could not shake, whose solid virtue / The shot of accident nor dart of chance / Could neither graze nor pierce?" (4.1. 297-301)
Othellos has struck his wife and left with a wave of fury washing over him; Desdemona left weeping. After, Lodovico asks Iago if this is the same Othello who was well respected in Venice; if this is the same Othello who had a "perfect soul". Iago remarks that Othello has indeed changed and Lodovico will see his change first-hand if he observes him. This whole scene just solidifies Iago's villainy, Othello's ease of control, and shows how even Lodovico can see just how much Othello has changed. Othello has officially become Iago's "servent", if you will, and in this act, there will surely be a death.
Can someone remind me why Iago's doing all of this. Is it really just because Cassio became Lieutenant? I mean, doing all of this for revenge is insane.
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