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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2017 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Iago:
Mere prattle without practice
Is all his soldiership, But he, Sir had the election;
And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof
At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds
.....must be belee'd and calmed
By debitor and creditor

(Act 1, Scene One, Lines 23-28)

Iago___________

Answer Details
Iago is upset about Cassio's appointment as Lieutenant and believes that Cassio is not a good soldier. Iago thinks that Cassio's military skills are just talk and not backed up by actual actions. Iago believes that Cassio only got the appointment because of his relationship with Othello and not because of his abilities as a soldier.