Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Indeed! Ay, indeed:--discern’st thou aught in that?

Is he not honest?

 -Othello

Othello, The Moor of Venice     Act III Scene iii, Line 102

Little rat-fink Iago is just getting started here in his game of making Othello mad with jealousy. He’ll spend the rest of the play ratcheting it up before Othello ends up killing his own wife in the end. And the first thing he says to get it going? Indeed! Yes, that’s right, Indeed! That’s all it takes to get Othello’s interest: Iago’s response of Indeed! This Iago is a very subtle and very clever little rat-fink. Yes, indeed,  he is.

 Act III, scene iii

The scene goes on for another 380 lines, and by the end of it Othello is fully convinced that Cassio and his wife are having an affair. It’s a very interesting progression that Iago works Othello through. Here’s the link. Do yourself a favor and read it. What? You don’t have time right now, you say? Indeed!