The only way to describe Roderigo is to compare him to that one person you know that can’t form their own opinions and doesn’t have a coherent personality. Roderigo has good intentions but he’s always interrupted and fades in the background. This was my very first and very last opinion of him. For example in Act 1, Scene 1, Line 119 when Iago and Roderigo go to tell Brabantio that Desdemona is missing it really shows how Roderigo is treated throughout the play. Brabantio says this when Iago and Roderigo wake him up in the middle of the night. “This is venice. My house is not a garage”. Roderigo tries to chime in and say “Most grave Brabantio, In simple and pure soul I come to you--”. But then Iago interrupts Roderigo like usual and says something
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Even from the beginning of the play when Roderigo is obviously exasperated by the fact that Iago has failed to set him up with Desdemona and that she has, in fact, eloped with Othello, Roderigo will not sever his ties with Iago. Iago promises him that he hates Othello too and that eventually the marriage between Othello and Desdemona will fail. She will "change for youth," Iago tells Roderigo, and that youth will be Roderigo, if he is patient. Roderigo believes Iago because he truly wants to believe him. Iago gives him hope that one day he and Desdemona will be together and Roderigo believes it. In Act 1, Scene 3, Line 405 Roderigo says “Will thou be fast to my hopes if I depend on the issue?”. Roderigo just won’t give up and that is why he is blinded. We know Iago is lying throughout the play because of when he is talking to himself on stage and we see into the mind of Iago. But we must remember that Roderigo is not privy to Iago 's thoughts. Act 1, Scene 3, Line 426 Iago says “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse”. Referring to Roderigo as the fool for continuing to give him money. He only hears Iago 's promises that if Roderigo can gather enough cash, Iago will make sure that he will eventually have Desdemona. Blinded by love, completely taken in by Iago, Roderigo is a fool. But as we see later in the play, Iago is certainly able to ensnare more powerful, smarter, and dangerous prey than
Even from the beginning of the play when Roderigo is obviously exasperated by the fact that Iago has failed to set him up with Desdemona and that she has, in fact, eloped with Othello, Roderigo will not sever his ties with Iago. Iago promises him that he hates Othello too and that eventually the marriage between Othello and Desdemona will fail. She will "change for youth," Iago tells Roderigo, and that youth will be Roderigo, if he is patient. Roderigo believes Iago because he truly wants to believe him. Iago gives him hope that one day he and Desdemona will be together and Roderigo believes it. In Act 1, Scene 3, Line 405 Roderigo says “Will thou be fast to my hopes if I depend on the issue?”. Roderigo just won’t give up and that is why he is blinded. We know Iago is lying throughout the play because of when he is talking to himself on stage and we see into the mind of Iago. But we must remember that Roderigo is not privy to Iago 's thoughts. Act 1, Scene 3, Line 426 Iago says “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse”. Referring to Roderigo as the fool for continuing to give him money. He only hears Iago 's promises that if Roderigo can gather enough cash, Iago will make sure that he will eventually have Desdemona. Blinded by love, completely taken in by Iago, Roderigo is a fool. But as we see later in the play, Iago is certainly able to ensnare more powerful, smarter, and dangerous prey than