n condition where everybody acts based upon appearances, thinking that self-image is everything. The play is somewhat problematic in this sense. At one point Iago tells Cassio, "Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost deserving" (Iago - Act2, Scene3), but then he tells Othello the exact opposite in the following "Good name in man and woman my lord Is the immediate jewel of their souls Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'ti
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