![]() ![]() His hyperbole is using the "words monster in thy thought" I think he's saying that to illustrate how the monster in his head is making him loony. ![]() Iago is confusing him and letting him come to his own conclusions about Desdemona and Cassio. ![]() (Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 105-108) "Think my lord? By heaven, thou echoest me,/ As if there were some monster in thy thought/To hideous to be shown." Here Othello is confused to why Iago is repeating his every word.The pattern of strawberries (dyed with virgins’ blood) on a white background strongly suggests the bloodstains left on the sheets on a virgin’s wedding night, so the handkerchief implicitly suggests a guarantee of virginity as well as fidelity. Othello claims that his mother used it to keep his father faithful to her, so, to him, the handkerchief represents marital fidelity. He tells Desdemona that it was woven by a 200 -year-old sibyl, or female prophet, using silk from sacred worms and dye extracted from the hearts of mummified virgins. But the handkerchief’s importance to Iago and Desdemona derives from its importance to Othello himself. By taking possession of it, he is able to convert it into evidence of her infidelity. Iago manipulates the handkerchief so that Othello comes to see it as a symbol of Desdemona herself-her faith and chastity. Since the handkerchief was the first gift Desdemona received from Othello, she keeps it about her constantly as a symbol of Othello’s love. (Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 52-76) The handkerchief symbolizes different things to different characters.It is an antithesis because its comparing a happy robbed man that knows of nothing missing, to a miserable robbed man who knows the truth of what is missing. (Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 339-340) "He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n/ Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all." This antithesis was said by Othello.This scene advances the plot by showing us how Othello believes Iago over his wife. (Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 257-276) Othello in this scene is talking about how good a friend Iago is to him and how much of a cheater Desdemona is.They advance the plot by furthering Othellos jealously. (Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 60-74) Desdemona in this scene is going on and on to Othello about how he needs to put Cassio back in his previous job.The way this fits into the play is that this shows just how much people trust Iago and how much he has them fooled. ![]()
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