...einer ihm vorenthaltenen Sache berechtigen. Welche Titel hat Jago? One Michael Cassio — — — That never set a squadron in the field Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric — — — — had the clection ** Shakespeare...

...great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine - *e A fellow almost damned in a fair wife That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster - unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toged consuls can propose As masterly...

..."nothing." He degrades theory — and, interestingly, the liberal senate — by feminizing them: That fellow never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the tongued consuls can propose As...

...great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, 20 A fellow almost damned in a fair wife,3 That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster — unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toga'd consuls can propose As...

...Answers 1. lago tells Roderigo that he hates Othello because "Michael Cassio, a Florentine / ...that never set a squadron in the field / Nor the division of a battle knows," has just been chosen by Othello as his lieutenant. His bitterness is evident when he tells...

...teen passed over for promotion by a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine.... That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster — unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toged consuls can propose As...

...great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine - 20 A fellow almost damned in a fair wife That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster - unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the togèd consuls can propose As...

...great arithmetician, 20 One Michael Cassio, a Florentine A fellow almost damned in a fair wife That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster - unless the bookish theoric, 25 Wherein the tongued consuls can propose...

...for 'Certes,' says he, 'I have already chose my officer.' And what was he? One Michael Cassio That never set a squadron in the field Nor the division of a battle knows Mere prattle without practice This is pellucid and telling, but a good reason for disliking is...

...threateningly banal world of feminine activity. In the opening scene he edgily dismisses Cassio as a man who 'never set a squadron in the field, / Nor the division of a battle knows / More than a spinster' (1.1.22-4). 22 Ibid. p. 287. For him, all that the best woman (including...