Iago

Roderigo and Iago converse in the streets of Venice sharing their hatred of Othello. Othello recently married Desdemona whom Roderigo has long been pursuing, employing the help of Iago in his pursuit. Othello also passed up his ensign Iago for the position of lieutenant in favor of Cassio whom Iago believes is inferior. Roderigo urges Iago to quit, but Iago insists he is only working for Othello to take advantage of him. Wanting to get back at Othello, the pair go Desdemona’s father…

Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare is a great villain. Iago is able to manipulate everyone in the play and use them for his own gain or sometimes just use them because he can. He uses Roderigo to get Cassio out of his position, uses Cassio to tear Othello and Desdemona apart, and uses Desdemona to make Roderigo need Iago’s help. Although Othello should realize that Iago can not be trusted, Iago punishes Othello by taking advantage of everyone’s weaknesses to manipulate them, makes Othello…

in the play as a jealous man, Iago, plans for revenge against Othello, his appointed lieutenant, Cassio, and his newly-wedded wife, Desdemona for cheating him out of the position of lieutenant. He want to be Othello’s lieutenant instead of Cassio so he made plans in the play to change that. So in the play Othello, Iago’ jealousy and uses of betrayal commands and causes the major events in the story that led to tragedies. At the start of the play, it is obvious Iago is jealous of cassio,wants to…

in Othello Without a doubt, Iago is one of the greatest villains ever exist in literature. He is considered as an extremely complex character in literature because he has no reasonable motivation for destroying Othello and Desdemona lives. Iago is the master of every schemes that cause the tragedy in Othello. He is also responsible for the deaths of the innocent people like Othello, Desdemona and Rodrigo. It is sarcastic because in the play, he is known as “Honest Iago” (II.iii.355). He…

many others found throughout the play Othello, written by William Shakespeare. In the lines 223-247 of Act 2 scene 1, love becomes a very prominent topic as Iago, the main antagonist, coerces Roderigo into helping him fire Michael Cassio. Iago’s innate ability to manipulate shines through particularly in this speech. While playing Roderigo, Iago gives a long speech about Desdemona and Othello’s love that has inevitably crumbled because of Othello not being able to meet Desdemona’s expectations…

has made him unreasonable and nonsensical. Iago believes that Cassio is unfit for lieutenant because he is “a Florentine, A fellow almost damned in a fair wife, That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster” (I. i. 21-25). Iago feels Cassio is not worthy of lieutenant and doesn't understand the Intricacies of battle and Iago shows his jealousy for Cassio when he believes he should have been chosen. In…

seem to be what they appear to be. The biggest one who shows this element is Iago. In the play, he acts as if he is friends with everyone in the play. However this is not the case and he is a snake in the grass when it comes down to the end. He helps the downfall of all the characters in the play. Although he seems to be a friend to all of the people he is indeed not as he appears. Throughout the story we find that Iago is persuasive on Roderigo "I grant indeed it hath not appeared; and your…

Iago easily manipulated Othello by telling him that Desdemona and Cassio were having an affair. Othello believed Iago because he thought that Iago was a true friend looking out for him; but all that Iago wanted revenge against Othello. The reason Iago wanted revenge is because Othello did not give him the lieutenant rank instead, he gave it to Cassio. Iago was angry because he did not get the rank, Iago hated the fact that he had to take orders from a Moore when he was a Venician, considered…

disliked, a villain plays an important position in any story. In the Play Othello by William Shakespeare, the character, Iago, is shown to have that unfavorable side. His characteristics portray how cunning, manipulative, and disrespectful is true nature is. As a person dives into the play, the manor her treats Othello along with the other characters bring fourth his personality. Iago betrays Othello, makes a fellow lenient drunk to cause disruption, twist Othello’s mind, and kill many innocent…

Iago manipulates Othello into suspicion and then ultimate surety of Desdemona’s affair because of his word choice. William Shakespeare, author of Othello, shows right now Iago is telling Othello in how he believes Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Since Iago says to really care for Othello that is why he is telling him to be careful with Cassio. Iago is explaining his reasonings to believe in Desdemona’s affair which are that he himself heard Cassio talking about Desdemona in his dreams.…