"Hang her, I do but say what she is!... I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me?"
We see the beginning of Othello's downfall in this scene. He's been cajoled into violence and revenge by the scheming Iago; yet Shakespeare still depicts Othello as one who was bound to be overcome by passion, violence; possession and sexual appetite.
"Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated."- Iago
"I saw my handkerchief in's hand! O perjured woman, thou dost stone my heart and (mak'st) me call what I intend to do a murder, which I thought a sacrifice!"
This scene illustrates Othello being overcome with passion-fueled violence and jealousy
"I never did offend you in my life, never loved Cassio."
"That demi-devil Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?"- Othello
The play depicts many racist attitudes of the day, making Othello out to be a tragic character who was bound to give in to violence and unbridled sexuality.
"O thou Othello, that (wert) once so good, Fall'n in the practice of a (damned) slave, What shall be said to thee?"- Lodovico