Iago is the main antagonist of the story. His motives are very clear throughout the play with lots of inside thoughts and soliloquies. He never mentions his plan to any other person than Roderigo and even then doesn’t not fully tell him. He just hints to Roderigo of what is to come. In the beginning of the story it is clear that Iago is angry and full of jealousy because Othello recently promoted Cassio as his lieutenant instead of Iago. Consequently Iago devises a sinister plan to remove Cassio and get his position and get revenge on Othello. However, as the reader dives deeper into the story we can see that even after Iago gets the position he still wants to kill Cassio and ruin Othello’s relationship with Desdemona. Iago does this with a
