Othello #4

"Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore! Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, thou hadst been better have been born a dog than answer my waked wrath!" (Shakespeare 3.3 355-360). This is where we really see how much Othello truly doesn't want to believe the thoughts that Iago has been putting into his head. Before Iago started going through with his plan of making Othello think Desdemona has been cheating on him with Cassio, Othello had no doubt as to how much Desdemona loved him and how faithful their relationship was. Othello cares about Desdemona greatly and doesn't want to risk losing her by accusing her of having an affair with Cassio. Because of this, Othello makes it clear to Iago that if he wants to see another day, he better have concrete and indisputable evidence. After this exchange, Iago continues his extremely two-faced ways by going on about how much he does not want to reveal this evidence to Othello only to hurt him, but immediately goes on to tell him of the "proof" he had learned of earlier in the day.