Evil has found its Work in Othello; through Othello, the unchanging duration of the work is certified, and through the unwavering resilience of the poetic discourse, the unchanging duration of Evil is affirmed, the unyielding strength of the demonic speech.

With Othello, it is shown, sealed by supreme poetic intelligence and secured by the highest linguistic achievement, that Evil acts powerfully in a world that possesses no corresponding force to confront and halt it.

This omnipotence culminates, succinctly, with a leap of poetic precision that gains the strength of a natural law: Iago, when Othello stabs him, responds: "I bleed, sir, but I do not die."