,^2i THE BEE. OR Jan. If, 



Cyiiical Remarks on the 'Othello of Shakefpeary continued 

 from page 87. 



Hitherto lago feems not to have formed any determinet? 

 plan of aftion : A bait is laid for him in the fimplicity of 

 Koaorigo ; and how to get poflefficn of his treafures feems 

 to be the only objeft he had at firfl in view. He informs 

 him, that having received many injuries from the Moor, he 

 has rcafon to conciu" in fcliemes againft him ; and, in order 

 to amufe Rodorigo, to bring matters into fome ferment, 

 and at the fame time to have aa opportunity of fheu-ing his 

 zea! to Othello, he advifes h:n, as the moft likely means to 

 obtain Defdemona, to inflame her father, by giving him an 

 a,ccount of her marriage with the Moor; though lago him- 

 felf, it is probable, expedted no fuccefs from this device. 

 However, while his orders are executing, he has leifure to 

 confider what he is about ; for lago, at his fiifl fetting out, 

 feems to have no intention of dipping fo deep in wickednefs 

 as the dreadliil event. Findir^g no method to gratify Rodo- 

 rigo, he dexterouily makes him a tool for promoting the in- 

 tercfts of his own. The fuit of Rodorigo, and the aftive 

 hand he had taken in it, had brought him to think ofa/cheme 

 of which the fame perfons were to be the fubje<ft. To render 

 Gafiio odious to Othello by fcandalcus aCperfions, and by 

 thefe means to be preferred in his place, are the objefts 

 which he now has in view ; a purfuit which he did not per- 

 haps think would be attended with fuch a fatal train of con- 

 fequences, though his fagacicus mind difcems fomething 

 that ftrlk«s him with horror. 



-Hell an3 night 



Muft biing this monflrous birth to the world's light. 



Shakefpear has fhown great judgment in the darknefs 

 which hi makes to prevail \i\ tli? firft counfels of lago. To 



