"Zounds, sir, you’re robbed! For shame, put on your gown.
Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul.
Even now, now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise,
Awake the snorting citizens with the bell
Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.
Arise, I say!" (I.i. 94-101)
Iago hates Othello for not choosing him for Lieutenant. For this, Iago holds a grudge against Othello. Here, he purposefully exhibits several racist comments to show his disdain for the Moor. Instead of suggesting to Brabantio certain doom, he instead indirectly tells Brabantio to fear this chain of events. He tells him that his heart will break, and that half of his soul has been reaped out. Instead of gently bringing up the subject, Iago intentionally bashes Othello showing his distaste for him. He calls Othello "an old black ram" and refers to black grandchildren as a bad thing. He is trying to give his hatred for Othello to Brabantio. He might feel that the father of Othello's wife will be his best ally in bringing down Othello if he can be convinced.
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