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Shakespheare "Othello"

What does Iago mean when he say's "In following him, I follow Myself"?
  

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In this early speech, Iago explains his tactics to Roderigo. He follows Othello not out of “love” or “duty,” but because he feels he can exploit and dupe his master, thereby revenging himself upon the man he suspects of having slept with his wife. Iago finds that people who are what they seem are foolish.

  • In this early speech, Iago explains his tactics to Roderigo.
  • He follows Othello not out of “love” or “duty,” but because he feels he can exploit and dupe his master, thereby revenging himself upon the man he suspects of having slept with his wife.
  • Iago finds that people who are what they seem are foolish.
  • ” His implication, of course, is that such a day will never come.
  • This speech exemplifies Iago’s cryptic and elliptical manner of speaking.
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In this early speech, Iago explains his tactics to Roderigo. He follows Othello not out of “love” or “duty,” but because he feels he can exploit and dupe his master, thereby revenging himself upon the man he suspects of having slept with his wife. Iago finds that people who are what they seem are foolish. The day he decides to demonstrate outwardly what he feels inwardly, Iago explains, will be th

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