An explanation about the soliloquies in Othello, the shakespearean play.

Good Morning Mr nic and fellow class mates, I have chosen a dramatised reading to perform today. In the moments before this soliloquy Iago has just finished telling Roderigo, that he should go out and make some money so he can buy gifts for the lovely Desdemona. Thus do I ever make my fool my purse: For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane, If I would time expend with such a snipe. But for …

…put it into action. By referring to hell, night and monstrous he is saying that this will be the start of something truly evil. The themes that are involved in this play are as of yet not established, this being so early in the play and one the first of many soliloquies. But what we have seen so far is just the beginning of the lies and deceit, and there is much yet to come.