Montano says after hearing Iago lies about how Cassio is a drunkard. Once again, Shakespeare’s use of language is really crucial. Shakespeare uses irony in this entire quote. To start off with, Shakespeare uses a juxtaposition. The two opposite words are virtues and evils. This juxtaposition pushes the irony due to the context it is used in. Shakespeare makes Montano uses these two words to ask if Othello truly sees that Cassio is not that good of a person. Ironically, it is Iago that Othello doesn’t see as a bad person when he should be. Iago is right beside Montano but yet he is pointing right at Cassio. Also, Shakespeare uses the word appears. The way that Shakespeare uses this word implies that Montano thinks there is truly no good
