Iago is a jealous and arrogant man due to him not being promoted to second in command by Othello to command the army. Iago shows how he feels he has been robbed of his dignity by saying," I know my place; I am worth no worse a place." Michael Cassio was chosen by Othello to be his lieutenant, which Iago very much disagrees with. He claims that Cassio does not have the experience as he does by saying," (A fellow almost damned in a fair wife)/ That never set a squadron in the field,/ Nor the division of a battle knows." Iago calls Cassio a "bookish theoric" trying to argue that Cassio is only a theorist and not an actual military leader. Iago believes he has the experience that Othello has witnessed his actions in battle by saying," And I (of
