Cassio: O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts! 2.3.308-10
Here Cassio is complaining about the effects of alcohol in the aftermath of his demotion. He doesn't understand why people drink when it only brings about anything from regret to tragedy. If Cassio viewed alcohol in such a way, then why did he agree so easily to drinking with lago and the others? This has puzzled me since I first read it and it makes me wonder, if lago got a man so against drinking drunk, then what else is he willing to do in order to separate Othello and Desdemona? Cassio also uses the word beast to describe a drunk man and that people should somehow enjoy that, but he does not. I guess all in all, I feel Cassio is sending conflicting messages when he says he hates drinking yet he gets so drunk he wounds another man.
Cassio: O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts! 2.3.308-10
Here Cassio is complaining about the effects of alcohol in the aftermath of his demotion. He doesn't understand why people drink when it only brings about anything from regret to tragedy. If Cassio viewed alcohol in such a way, then why did he agree so easily to drinking with lago and the others? This has puzzled me since I first read it and it makes me wonder, if lago got a man so against drinking drunk, then what else is he willing to do in order to separate Othello and Desdemona? Cassio also uses the word beast to describe a drunk man and that people should somehow enjoy that, but he does not. I guess all in all, I feel Cassio is sending conflicting messages when he says he hates drinking yet he gets so drunk he wounds another man.
Cassio: O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts!
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Here Cassio is complaining about the effects of alcohol in the aftermath of his demotion. He doesn't understand why people drink when it only brings about anything from regret to tragedy. If Cassio viewed alcohol in such a way, then why did he agree so easily to drinking with lago and the others? This has puzzled me since I first read it and it makes me wonder, if lago got a man so against drinking drunk, then what else is he willing to do in order to separate Othello and Desdemona? Cassio also uses the word beast to describe a drunk man and that people should somehow enjoy that, but he does not. I guess all in all, I feel Cassio is sending conflicting messages when he says he hates drinking yet he gets so drunk he wounds another man.
Cassio: O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts!
ReplyDelete2.3.308-10
Here Cassio is complaining about the effects of alcohol in the aftermath of his demotion. He doesn't understand why people drink when it only brings about anything from regret to tragedy. If Cassio viewed alcohol in such a way, then why did he agree so easily to drinking with lago and the others? This has puzzled me since I first read it and it makes me wonder, if lago got a man so against drinking drunk, then what else is he willing to do in order to separate Othello and Desdemona? Cassio also uses the word beast to describe a drunk man and that people should somehow enjoy that, but he does not. I guess all in all, I feel Cassio is sending conflicting messages when he says he hates drinking yet he gets so drunk he wounds another man.