Othello 1995 Act III

ACT III


scene iii


The first two scenes were skipped, as the version is focusing mainly on the relationship between Iago and Othello. You can see Othello's real trust for Iago, when blows up in his face just as Iago said it would.

Iago knows the true nature of jealousy, mostly because he was bit by it himself. "The green-eyed monster" roots itself in your mind, and with so much 'proof' that Iago produces, sprouts there into a horrible death-plant. Sometimes the image of evil in your mind casts that shadow upon everything you see, making you unable see see it another way. Suspicion breeds suspicion. It's nearly inescapable unless you "do away at once with love or jealousy."

Awesome Iago symbolism scene:


As Emilia states,

"'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;
To eat us hungerly, and when they are full,
They belch us."

It shoots to a scene of Iago closing the door on their conversation after just having witnessed Desdemona and Othello's argument. This, of course, shows how now that Emilia has served his purpose, he no longer has use for her, since he believes that Othello has cuckolded him.