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    "O most lame and impotent conclusion . " ¦—to which Cassio answers , — " He speaks home , madam , you may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar . " jJbp proper distinction should be drawiv and understood betwixt a sneer and a sarcasm . One , is coutepaptuous thought

    expressed m loqk ; ( he other , contemptuous thought expi $ fgefl in speech . If Iago does sneer anywhere it is in his soliloquies , Bjjt it is ag ^ in to be observed that a soliloquy ranks under tiie h f ^ A of > pppre $ sed speech , ( this souods much } & $$ < 4 > V& § b ^ pape tfipwgh the . ^ tor speaks , he speaks to himnfA ^ ip ^ plgiBr tatily ; a hajbit natural to all men , a little exaggerated oa

    the $ t % ge * . .. , . .. . > :-. : j . - At tm » part of the subject it is my wish to w » s | ciey " # Iqsdy co » cernii ) g the conduct of Emilia , with reference ^ |^ e jealousy of Iago . It is my humble opinion , although w ^ i ^ y be unconscious of doing so , that we form our judgment on most of tjie characters and events of the tragedy froinour inapicesii ^ ns If be

    on thief p ^ jrticqlar point . Emilia b ^ s ^ A guilty , this tragedy may be considered as a delineation of the retribution or revenge which follows such conduct under s ^ c ]^ ci | fiipistances ; and thus the whole tenor of the tragedy w 6 uld be changed . Consider it thus . Othello , the libertine , marries a young and beautiful woman , the only daughter of a foj | fl old parent , and is incited by the man he wronged tq pai ^ m ^^ er whose desertion broke her father ' s heart . He thea kijis tajra self , and his former paramour receives her death blpw fff ^ t $ ie hand of an injured husband . Roderigo , the foolish iisqp ^ yident , willing to commit murder to further his qwn sensuality , is himself murdered . Cassio receives a severe Iei 8 » oi >; wd IagO ) a man of great natural powers , whp f Whett ^ Is ^|>( 6 ||(| e d in his just ambition , is unrestrained by concientioustteaw iCrim

    revenge , is left to torture and death . Considered 4 «* this ^ ttianner—taking Emilia ' s guilt as A foundati 6 ri—tlt ^ c % flffisJ 4 itces or this tragedy are still so natural and untQrcep ^ and t ^ , retnbution so convfeMiohall y just , that we almost , ? pity , |^ p ^ i ; i ^ pd regret that he did not control bis inplination for rev ^ gje # ^^ it understood , though it ia m ^ ar ^ U ^| ij t that the jealousy of Iago is the basis , the p ^ p « e , of M ^ ^^ c ^ y * yet it is tp fee considered in relation t 6 ms disappointment of the lieutenancy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/25/