Othello

Cite the adjective repeated to describe Cassio and Iago in III.iii. Assess to whom it is fittingly applied.

Othello Act III.i-iii.

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CassIo is referred to as “good lieutenant” and Iago is referred to as "honest". Each term is full of irony. Cassio is in fact a good lieutenant but has been framed by Iago to fall out of favour with Othello. Honest Iago is in fact skilled in the art of manipulation and deceit.