Othello: Iago Makes Othello Believe His Wife Is Having An Affair Essay

Othello Iago Makes Othello Believe His Wife Is Having An social occasion     In Shakespeares "Othello," Iago carefully and masterfully entrapsOthello into believing that his wife, Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio.He does this through with(predicate) a series of suggestions and hesitations that entice andim picturet images into Othellos head that lead him to his proclaim demise. Moreimportantly, Iago gives Othello the motive to murder his own innocent wifeDesdemona, square(a) Iagos immense appetite for revenge.     The motive for Iagos devious plan is initially make clear in the firstof three major soliloquies, in which he proclaims Othello has had an affair withhis wife, Emilia "And it is thought abroad that twixt my sheets/ Hes done myoffice" (I.iii.381-383). The caustic remark behind this line is where he continues "Iknow not ift be true/ But I, for mere suspicion in that kind / go out do as iffor surety&q uot(I.iii.383-385). Iago is so exceedingly paranoid and round the bend that hewill go far as murdering, and deluding even a general into murdering his wife.     Iago simultaneously conducts a devious plan to obtain Cassios maculationas lieutenant, using Desdemonas prime weakness her naivety. He disgracesCassio by uplift him enough so he strikes Roderigo. Othello thendischarges Cassio of his Lieutenancy when he says "Cassio, I issue thee,/ Butnevermore be officer of mine" (II.iii.242-244). It was therefore intelligiblethat he would fall to the mercy of Iago, completely oblivious to the inevitableeffects. Iago reveals his plan to the reader in his third soliloquy when hestates     His soul is so unfettered to her know,     That she may make, unmake, do what she list,     even as her appetite shall conform to the god     With his weak function...     And she for him pleads strongingly to the Moore,     Ill pour this pestilence into his ear     That she repels him for her bodys lust,     And by how oft she strives to do him good,     She shall undo her her credit with the Moor (II.iii.330-350).   &n... ...xpress their love and passion for for each one otherOthello O my fair warriorDesdemona My dear OthelloOthello It gives me wonder long as my content      To see you here before me. O, my souls joy (II.i.175-180)Perpetual love and affection and contrasted with lusting animal attraction. Whatdoes Iago feel when he sees Othello and Desdemona together? How his mind must(prenominal)associate the same atmosphere with Othello having had an affair with his wife,enticing the "green-eyed monsters" inwardly him.     The feelings Iago feels is common jealousy. But to have it withoutsurety, and to take it to such a great extent as to only describe it as being"mad." In an attempt at revenge, he does more than Othello supposedly did to him.By set Othello through the same feelings he himself had gone through, hedoes not unloose or relieve his feelings, but merely gains sadistic pleasure from reprehensible revenge That is not to say Othello is not a compelling and unflawedcharacter. Generally, it can be said that is more the function of ourimagination and reasonableness of our own nature through which we determine Iagoas who he is.