The theme of honor and reputation intertwines with those of perception and trust. In the play's second act, Iago tells Othello that Brabantio "...prated,/And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms/ Against your honor." (I, ii.ll.6-8). To this, the proven hero of Venice replies, "My parts, my title, and my perfect soul,/Shall manifest me rightly." (I, ii., ll.31-32). The title character of Othello is supremely concerned with the reputation that he has earned as a man of military adventures and victories for the sake of his adopted homeland. Right before stabbing himself to death, Othello says to Lodovico, Gratiano and Cassio:

I have done the state some service, and they know't---

No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,

When you shall speak of these unlucky deeds relate,

Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,

But he that filches from me my good name

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,

Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;

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