Question

Part one: iago’s plot (friday’s task) directions: read the end of act two, scene three (below) with your independently or with a partner/group (if you work with a partner please write their name in red in the header. then, attempt to identify the elements based on the focus questions below. iago 384 how now, roderigo! roderigo 385 i do follow here in the chase, not like a 386 hound that hunts, but one that fills up the cry. my 387 money is almost spent; i have been to-night exceed- 388 ingly well cudgelled; and i think the issue will be, i 389 shall have so much experience for my pains, and so, 390 with no money at all and a little more wit, return 391 again to venice. iago 392 how poor are they that have not patience! 393 what wound did ever heal but by degrees? 394 thou know'st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft; 395 and wit depends on dilatory time. 396 does't not go well? cassio hath beaten thee. 397 and thou, by that small hurt, hast cashier'd cassio: 398 though other things grow fair against the sun, 399 yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripe: 340 content thyself awhile. by the mass, 'tis morning; 341 pleasure and action make the hours seem short. 342 retire thee; go where thou art billeted: 343 away, i say; thou shalt know more hereafter: 344 nay, get thee gone. exit roderigo 345 two things are to be done: 346 my wife must move for cassio to her mistress; 347 i'll set her on; 348 myself the while to draw the moor apart, 349 and bring him jump when he may cassio find 350 soliciting his wife: ay, that's the way 351 dull not device by coldness and delay. exit element textual evidence what this tells us about the play’s future events? how does this drive the plot? iago’s tone (identify the tone) reassuring to manipulation ressuring: "content thyself awhile." (2.3.340). manipulation: "retire thee; go where thou art billeted;/away, i say; thou shalt know more hereafter;" (2.3.342-343). iago changes his tone from very reassuring to very manipulative while talking to roderigo.

Answer 1

The passage provided from Othello, Act Two, Scene Three highlights Iago's manipulative tone and his plot that foreshadows the tragic events to come, which is central to driving the play's plot.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's task involves analyzing a passage from the end of Act Two, Scene Three of Shakespeare's Othello, identifying Iago's tone and exploring how this sets the stage for future events in the play. Iago's manipulative nature is underscored by his reassuring and simultaneously manipulative tone to Roderigo.

Through his words, we see the unfolding of Iago's plot to use others as pawns—encouraging his wife to advocate for Cassio and planning to ensnare Othello by making it appear that Cassio is courting his wife. This drives the plot forward by setting up the circumstances for Othello's tragic downfall driven by jealousy and mistrust.