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4 ht jtyimott of th ^ world and the eyes of ki » wronger * MM to b ^ observed , tbat although Iago informs Eoderigo q&Ms hatred of ( Hbello and desire for revenge , yet he spe& * irot & > hip * , npr to $ jiy one but himself ( in soliloquy ) , of hi * jealousy . It is true that when he is alone with his wife-T ~ which he is but
once during the tragedy , and then not for more than a minute * r so—he gives her a pretty broad hint of his opifcioia tod feelings , and in the last scene he kills her , after haying expressed in unmeasured terms his hatred ; but there is no distinct avowal of jealousy . In my very humble opinion , the actor who represents , # Hd the reader who supposes Iago to be an unqualified , blood-thirsty ill-looking , continually sneering villain , are both undsr a gre ^ t mistake . We find Iago at the commencement of th « tragedy disappointed of a place—to which there was no doubt affixed a very handsome salary—and willing that Roderigo should be the tool of bis revenge ; but suddenly the person of Cassio * of ** smooth dispose / ' and iC framed to make women false , comefc to his recollection , and he sees the possibility of making
Othello jealous , getting Cassio out of the lieutenancy , and himself in . Though we cannot doubt that Iago would gladly see Othello suffering the torments of jealousy , yet we do not believe he thought at first that the affair would end so tragically . The passion of jealousy is displayed in many curious ways , Some men take the greatest pains to conceal it r piid
even affect roughness with their wires to disguise any appga ^ ance of care or fondness . Iago himself did this , though perhaps he only cared for his wife after the manner of a selfish egotist ; and calculating upon his own motives of action , Jte most likely judged that Othello would have quietly found means to dispense with the services of Cassio . For , we jiumt recollect that Othello was renowned for command of his passions . See what Ludovico says , scene 1 , act 4 : —
" Is this the noble Moor whom our ftill senate Call all in all sufficient ? This the noble nature Whom passion could not shake ?—whose solid virtii $ The shot of accident * nor dart of chance , Could neither graze , nor pierce ? " ? And alsp what Iago says , scene 4 , act 3 : — , " Can he be angry ? J Ii&vg seen the ca * mp # , ,.. ,, \; When , it has blown his ranks into the air ; . . , And likp the devil from his very arm ,, ^ puff
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 218, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/28/
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