Othello Essay Assignment

Iago undoes Othello’s reputation in one foul swoop: After Othello strikes Desdemona, Lodovico says “this would not be believed in Venice / Though I would swear I saw’t” This is so out of Othello’s character that Lodovico himself questions whether he had really witnessed it. Iago then begins to manipulate Lodovico’s opinion on Othello. ................
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