"Come on, come on. You are pictures out of door, bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens, saints in your injuries, devils being offended, players in your housewifery, and housewives in your beds."
In Act II.i, Iago argues with Desdemona and Emilia over the competence and worthiness of women. Iago hates women accuses his wife of sleeping around. Iago is a villian; very manipulative of every one around him. This particular passage is so straightforward, however, that it is shocking. Iagon blatantly degrades women to their faces. He verbally abuses his wife and Desdemona without thinking twice or second-guessing himself.
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I noticed this too about Iago. I thought his comments seemed mildly out of character considering the way he had been communicating throughout the rest of the story. I also thought about blogging about it, but I see you beat me to it. haha. Thanks for bringing it up :)
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