In the tragedy of “Othello”, drama causes many back to back deaths to occur as the story develops. Iago feels robbed of his position of a higher military status, after Othello decides to promote Michael Cassio instead, leading to most of the tragic moments in the story. Shakespeare attempts to show the reader the negative impact of betrayal on someone’s trust through Iago and Othello’s mislead relationship. From the very beginning of the tragedy, Iago is perceived as someone who is to not be trusted. Roderigo trusts Iago to tell him of Desdemona’s interests in order to gain more knowledge of her. Iago is trusted by Roderigo as to help him convince and win over Desdemona’s heart, not knowing Iago would be the one to betray him later on in
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Without him, the main theme of the story, which is ultimately betrayal, would not be illuminated to the reader. Iago does not seem to care about anyone throughout the entire play, as he betrays every character at some point, including his own wife. Iago acts hypocritical as he devices a way to betray his once friend, as he feels betrayed and robbed of his promotion. He not only betrays Othello, but other characters in the tragedy as well in order to get to Othello. Iago betrays Cassio by convincing him to get drunk and ultimately throw his position given by Othello away, and then pushes him further by persuading him to go to Desdemona speak with her so she will try to convince Othello to reappoint him. Iago even goes to the extent of betraying his own wife as he gets her to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief, in order for it to be placed in Cassio’s room. But, the most important person whom Iago betrays is Othello. Although Othello seems to trust him, Iago feels no pain or remorse lying and deceiving Othello straight in his face. Through Iago’s manipulative lies, Othello lose trust in his own wife, believing the misconception that she wants Cassio instead. Iago does such a very good job at deceiving Othello which ultimately causes him to fall in and conclude that the only way out of this situation is to end his wife’s life. Iago’s treachery ironically leads to his own destruction in the
Without him, the main theme of the story, which is ultimately betrayal, would not be illuminated to the reader. Iago does not seem to care about anyone throughout the entire play, as he betrays every character at some point, including his own wife. Iago acts hypocritical as he devices a way to betray his once friend, as he feels betrayed and robbed of his promotion. He not only betrays Othello, but other characters in the tragedy as well in order to get to Othello. Iago betrays Cassio by convincing him to get drunk and ultimately throw his position given by Othello away, and then pushes him further by persuading him to go to Desdemona speak with her so she will try to convince Othello to reappoint him. Iago even goes to the extent of betraying his own wife as he gets her to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief, in order for it to be placed in Cassio’s room. But, the most important person whom Iago betrays is Othello. Although Othello seems to trust him, Iago feels no pain or remorse lying and deceiving Othello straight in his face. Through Iago’s manipulative lies, Othello lose trust in his own wife, believing the misconception that she wants Cassio instead. Iago does such a very good job at deceiving Othello which ultimately causes him to fall in and conclude that the only way out of this situation is to end his wife’s life. Iago’s treachery ironically leads to his own destruction in the