 Studying Othello? Here's how you can analyse the second half of that five-scene one. After stabbing and killing Rodrigo, Iogre continues to pretend to be really horrified that Rodrigo could do this. He asks this rhetorical question as well as these ex-Sanctuary sentences, basically stating that in Cyprus there's too many villains who are killing other people in the darkness. Iogre then continues to pretend to be worried about Cassio, and he speaks in this declaratory sentence telling Lodovico that Cassio has been injured and he needs their help. On recognising Iogre, Cassio informs him that he's been horribly stabbed, and Iogre pretends to show serious concern as he takes off his shirt and ties Cassio's wound with his own shirt. The state directions then show Bianca, Cassio's courtesan, entering. Remember that she was supposed to be meeting Cassio that very night and she was waiting for him. We can see that she's very flustered as she asks this series of questions as to who is crying out so desperately. Bianca is shocked and horrified as she sees Cassio bleeding on the ground. We can see here that she truly and genuinely loves Cassio. As Bianca is fussing over Cassio, Iogre calls her a notable strumpet, in other words a noble haul. We can see here that he's cursing her and basically making fun of her as she tries to help Cassio. Yet Bianca ignores Iogre's comment and she speaks in this ex-Sanctuary sentence showing that she's really horrified as Cassio faints. Iogre then pretends not to know who the other dead body is and he speaks using alliteration asking people for a light so that he can identify the other person. Iogre then pretends to be horrified when he looks on the dead body of Rodrigo. Remember that he doesn't want anyone to suspect that he and Rodrigo conspired to harm Cassio. Gratiano is shocked to realize that Rodrigo might be the supposed villain who tried to stab Cassio. Yet Gratiano expresses gratitude to Iogre for stepping in just in time to kill Rodrigo and help Cassio. We can see that Iogre is a great master at manipulation and turning situations into his favor. Iogre continues to keep up this charade of concern as he repetitively asks for a chair that Cassio can sit on. As Cassio is being helped, Gratiano turns to him and asks him whether there was malice between them. We can see that Gratiano is really confused as to why Rodrigo wanted to kill Cassio as he knew him in Venice and didn't realize that there was any bad blood between Rodrigo and Cassio. Cassio expresses equal confusion using hyperbole as well as this declarative sentence. He says that he doesn't know what Rodrigo had against him and in fact he didn't even know who he was. As Cassio and Rodrigo are carried off, Emilia enters. This is Iogre's wife and we can see that she's really confused as to what all the chaos is about. Iogre informs her that Cassio has been stabbed and Rodrigo has been killed. Iogre further deflects attention from himself when he directly blames Bianca as Cassio was seeing her. He basically states that it's Bianca's fault somehow that Cassio was stabbed. This leads Emilia to accuse Bianca of causing these issues. Bianca is quite strong-willed as she defends herself of being an honest woman who simply works as a courtesan.