Iago’s honor is essentially nonexistent, as he works throughout the entire play to manipulate, lie, and cause general havoc amongst Othello, and other characters in the play. He appears to be a well rounded, well respected, and honest individual, but in the end he was the rope to many characters noose throughout the play. Setting up the seeds for Othello’s jealousy, and the wrath and the horrors that Desdemona, and other characters had to face at the end. He appeared to be a great guy to those who thought they knew him, but in reality, he’s as wicked as the snake in the garden of Eden. The first example of Iago’s trickery lies is in Act II Scene III Line 226 “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.” is
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He is being ironic, as well in a sense; because, Iago is far from what he appears to be throughout the entirety of the play. Moving on from this; however, Iago is beginning to tell Othello that he suspects Cassio is having an affair with Othello’s beautiful wife Desdemona. Iago taking on the part of being a worried, and reliable friend, bringing up the situation in a very passive, and nervous manner. Several lines down in this exact scene Othello presses for more information about his thoughts and Iago acts as if he is uncertain. (Act III Scene iii lines 140-145 “Good my lord, pardon me,....With meditations lawful?”) He is manipulating Othello, by seeming trustworthy, and good, and Othello takes the bait, allowing the seeds of Iago’s manipulation to take over him later on in the play. Proving, that Iago’s reputation is a crucial part in destroying Othello, and; furthermore, that Iago has no sense of honor in the
He is being ironic, as well in a sense; because, Iago is far from what he appears to be throughout the entirety of the play. Moving on from this; however, Iago is beginning to tell Othello that he suspects Cassio is having an affair with Othello’s beautiful wife Desdemona. Iago taking on the part of being a worried, and reliable friend, bringing up the situation in a very passive, and nervous manner. Several lines down in this exact scene Othello presses for more information about his thoughts and Iago acts as if he is uncertain. (Act III Scene iii lines 140-145 “Good my lord, pardon me,....With meditations lawful?”) He is manipulating Othello, by seeming trustworthy, and good, and Othello takes the bait, allowing the seeds of Iago’s manipulation to take over him later on in the play. Proving, that Iago’s reputation is a crucial part in destroying Othello, and; furthermore, that Iago has no sense of honor in the