"Now I will question Cassio of Bianca, A housewife that by selling her desires Buys herself bread and clothes." IV.i.91-93
The quote from the scene above represents an important theme in Othello. In the scene, Iago is tricking Othello into thinking Cassio is bragging about sleeping with Desdemona, but Cassio is really talking about Bianca. This trickery brings up the important theme that appearance and reality are not always the same. Iago is the character that mainly makes up false realities to other characters and is very deceitful. His actions, although rather unclear, are to get back at Othello. This false reality Iago often creates leads Othello to kill his wife Desdemona and then kill himself. Once everyone finds out true reality and not what it appears to be, Iago is sent to be tortured. This means that this false reality is a negative thing for Iago, even though he thought he was going to take down Othello from it.
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