Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 2, Scene 3. Cassio is stripped of his post as Othello’s lieutenant after getting into a drunken fight with Roderigo and Montano. Without his rank, he believes that his reputation is destroyed and he is reduced to the status of an animal.