Events of Act 1

I am outside of the estate of Brabantio, father of Desdemona, with Roderigo. For a while now, I have been leading this clueless man on a wild goose chase for the love of a women he is never going to get, since I have just discovered that she has ran off and married Othello, a Moor. I wish to get revenge on this Moor since he, being my general, gave away my rightful position of lieutenant to Michael Cassio, a man “that never set a squadron in the field nor the division of a battle knows more than a splinter” (p.9 lines 22-24). Since the Moor is with Desdemona, I can use Roderigo to help me in my devious plans, while making it seem like I am helping him get the woman of his dreams. I have just incited Brabantio with comments that his daughter is fornicating with a black man, and a search team has been sent out to arrest Othello.

The smile of the mask hides Iago's true intentions

            I have found Othello and warned him of the act Roderigo has committed to enrage Brabantio, even though I was the one to do it. The Moor is not concerned with the arrest, since he feels the duke is on his side, but current objective is to turn and friendship these people could have had into hatred and distrust towards one another.

I swear there are some men in this world that can be so weak. My lead pawn at the moment, Roderigo, is contemplating suicide since he feels he has no chance at being with Desdemona. However, I was able to easily persuade him into moving to Cyprus to continue his quest for Desdemona’s love, with my assistance. When in Cyprus, I feel that involving Cassio into the scheme would be the best option. If I can make it look like Cassio and Desdemona are lovers, I can get my revenge on the Moor, and discredit Cassio, which could lead to gaining the position of lieutenant.

Events of Act 2

Oh, what a cursed man I am, to arrive at the island of Cyprus, and find out that we have won the war, only to have my wife Emilia giving a more passionate kiss to another man than me. Not just that, but this man happens to be the scoundrel Cassio, who stole my position of lieutenant away from me. I am starting to believe she does not love me, and is just using my position in the military so she can flirt with other men. This gives me yet another reason to take my revenge upon Cassio. Later in the day I met up with Roderigo again, and this time, I have convinced him that Desdemona will leave the Moor for Cassio, so if the two get in a fight, it will tarnish Cassio’s reputation, get him fired, and kick him out of the picture. Roderigo thinks this plan is for his benefit, but it is really for my own personal gains.

The two sides to Iago's personality - the friendly person, and the jealous villain.

 

 

The next step of my revenge is in motion, Cassio has already had a couple of drinks and I have managed to get some fellow warriors to have multiple toasts with him. At the point when Cassio was drunk enough, I sent Roderigo to go find him, and then, the time had finally come, the position I have been so desperately wanting is now mine! The fight was successful and Cassio was stripped of the rank of lieutenant. How noble it must have seemed when I tried to stand up for my good friend Cassio, yet that trusting fool Othello had no clue of my real intentions “I know, Iago, they honesty and love doth mince this matter, making it light to Cassio”(p.111, lines 225-27)

Events of Act 3

Iago the puppet-master.

I am quite delighted that everyone around me are oblivious fools, otherwise my plans would have never been able to take action. I have managed to set the desperate Cassio up with Desdemona and promised him that Othello will be nowhere to be seen. Cassio must feel so happy that he could get his title of lieutenant back, but I know that this will never happen, because that job was, now is, and should have always been mine. It’s a shame that I will accidentally bring the Moor in the direction of this “secret” conversation and expose Cassio and Desdemona as “lovers”.

 I have just found the Moor who seems to be a very busy man at the moment, therefore, this is the optimal moment to take advantage of his stressed mind and twist it to my advantage.

The next phase of my plan has occurred with barely any problems. I was a little nervous when the Moor became enraged, when I failed to shows any ocular proof, but with a little sweet talking, and the perfect lie, “To be direct and honest is not safe. I thank you for this profit, and from hence I’ll love no friend, sith love breeds such offence” (p.149, lines 378-80) I managed to sooth the black beast. But it does not matter now, Othello now believes that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers, and he has ordered to kill them! Even after everything that has occurred, I have still maintained the loyalty of everyone who I am planning on getting revenge on, and it is only going to get worse for them.

Description of the Blog

            The colour for the text I used was green because one of Iago’s main reasons for revenge is jealousy, since Cassio has his position of lieutenant and his wife, Emilia, might be cheating on him with Cassio and/or Othello. The font I used for the title and entries were designed to be more sophisticated, but difficult to read. This represents the personality of Iago, since he is a high-ranking official, but not many people are able to read his actions, actions which show his true identity.

             The first image I used was the mask from V for Vendetta. The mask in Iago’s case is that he can hide his true intentions behind the large smile. The second image I used was of two-face from batman, and it represents Iago, because the human side shows the fake, good person, and the other side reveals his true identity, tainted beyond hope of fixing it and green with envy. The final picture I used was one of a puppet master. Iago used different methods to make characters like Roderigo and Othello do what he wanted like they were his puppets.

              I think the background to the blog is a black and white image and represents what Iago has done to the lives of people around him. The white represents the peacefulness and purity of the characters and the relationships they had, like Othello’s love for Desdemona and his friendship with Cassio. The black represents blood, the blood of Desdemona and Cassio that is to be spilt due to the sinister actions of Iago. At the end of Act 3, the blood is starting to spread across the screen, corrupting the purity that is Othello’s relationships, and will eventually fill the screen, signaling the end for Desdemona, Cassio, and Othello. When this occurs, Iago will have had his revenge.