Iago first uses Roderigo’s gullible personality to his advantage. With the amount of love that Roderigo has towards Desdemona, he is willing to do anything to gain her love back. His obsession causes him to believe anything that Iago tells him. Iago is able to convince Roderigo that if he helps him with his plan that he can get Desdemona to love him back. The first thing that Iago convinces him is that the gold and jewels will be given to Desdemona as a proclamation of his love when in actuality, Iago is keeping it for himself for his own good. During that part of the play, all Iago is doing is trying to take money away from Roderigo. Iago states “Thus do I ever make fool my purse” (33). Yet again, Iago is taking advantage of Roderigo by taking
