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Iago uses comparisons of animals when talking to Othello of Desdemona's supposed affair with Cassio ('prime as goats, hot as monkeys...making the beast with two backs') to suggest the bestiality of the act, and to plant torturing images in Othello's mind.

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Q: Why does Shakespeare mention animals in his play Othello?
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