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How do Otello and Iago swear their alliance at the end of Act II?
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Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was known for operas such as Rigoletto (1851).
At the end of Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello, the two characters solidify their dark pact through a shared oath of vengeance and loyalty. After Iago provides his fabricated "proofs" of Desdemona's infidelity—specifically mentioning a dream he claims Cassio had and the handkerchief Otello once gave to his wife—Otello reaches a state of uncontrollable rage. In this climactic moment, Otello swears vengeance against his wife and Cassio, while Iago swears fealty to him.1