The extract is significant to the play as a tragedy when Shakespeare presents Othello as an outsider due to race but also as one of them due to his military achievements. Othello says "'boasting is an honour, i shall provogulate' which demonstrates how he is a nobel character and has married a women who shows his level of success in life. Although Othello 'boasts' that he is a nobel character it is also clear that he will never be secure in his marriage because of his race. This is significant to the play as a tragedy because Othello's insecurities for not being good enough lead to his jealous nature and therefore Othello and Desdemona's downfall.
In this extract, Shakespeare also presents Iago's two faced and plotting nature. He described someone as 'Janus', which is a two faced god, this is ironic because Iago is describing someone as two faced even though he also two faced. This is significant to the play as a tragedy because it foreshadows how Iago will be manipulative and bring down Othello in a sneaky manor.
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