IAGO'S SOLILOQUIES: CUT AND CROPPED!

In the comment section below you will find the full text versions of Iago's soliloquies as well as the cropped versions we created in class. 

Argue for one or two of the discarded lines to be added back into the soliloquy.  What is lost/changed if this line is discarded?  Comment on the lines' connections to the development of ideas, motifs, mood, characterization, or plot concerns of the play.  Use persuasive language -- you goal is to convince your classmates to put it back!  What is at stake here?

Post your argument by replying to the soliloquy you are discussing.

Othello Motif Blog

A motif is a recurring object, image, or word that takes on symbolic significance and unifies a text. 

You will be assigned one of the motifs listed below to track.  EACH TIME you see the motif used in an interesting or significant way in the text, add comments under the spot where your motif is listed.  Include the following:
           * Quote the lines of dialogue where the motif occurs
           * Analyze how the motif is used in those lines.  What ideas or emotions are evoked?    
              How does this use of the motif develop something you noticed earlier ( the development
              of a character, situation, relationship, or theme)?  How does this use of the motif add
              a new layer of meaning?

Please note that variations or close matches to the words listed below also count in terms of your tracking of the motif.