Because of his status as an outsider despite his accomplishments he has insecurities, at times Othello even presented himself as an outsider, which in turn left him susceptible to manipulation at the hands of Iago. Due to his lack of self-esteem Othello believed every word Iago fed him to the point that he doubted his own wife Desdemona. At first Othello, did not heed Iago’s words and spoke to Iago about physical evidence of Desdemona’s wrong doing. Iago is very cunning and presents himself as an innocent lamb to win over Othello. This is evidenced by the things he says publicly about Cassio calling him an honest good man, using reverse psychology on Othello hoping to win him over for retribution but the underling truth was because Iago planted
