Theme Essay

In the play Shakespeare uses repetition to portray the theme honesty. He repeats things to exaggerate what he is talking about. Repetition points out that we are reading something important and this makes it easier to find the theme honesty.

Throughout the play Othello calls Iago, “Honest Iago”, (25). Othello repeats throughout the play to make us believe Othello thinks Iago is a honest person. It seems the more Othello calls Iago this the more we realize Othello is making more terrible mistakes. The more he repeats himself by calling Iago honest the worse it gets for Othello.

Iago tells Roderigo to, “put money in thy purse” (26) He repeats the line to Roderigo several times. When Iago tells this to Roderigo he is being dishonest. He is telling lies to Roderigo to get what he wants. He wants to steal Roderigo’s money (which is also dishonest). He repeats himself to make a point to the audience and while he is doing this we see how cruel and dishonest Iago is.