In II, iii, 221, Othello speaks of Iagos honesty and love. How do ...

[ereecah]

In II, iii, 221, Othello speaks of Iagos honesty and love. How do youaccount for Othellos being so totally deceived?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What cruelty does Iago display toward Emilia? How well founded is his distrust of his wifes fidelity?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[okolip]

Answer to Question 1

• As Iago says in soliloquy, The Moor is of a free and open nature / That thinks men honest that but seem to be so (I, iii, 376377). It is crucial to remember, however, that Othello is far from alone in trusting Iago, whose general epithet is honest Iago, and who is commended at various points in the play by Cassio and Desdemona. Even his wife, Emilia, however exasperated she may be with him at times, is stunned and disbelieving when Othello says that Iago told him that Desdemona was false to wedlock.

Answer to Question 2

• In calling her a chatterbox and a deceiver, he is essentially labeling her with the faults he ascribes to all women. And even though Emilia later claims to Desdemona (at the end of Act IV, Scene iii) that she would cheat on her husband if the price were right, theres no indication in the play that she has actually done so.

[ereecah]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[okolip]

Great! Please up vote