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.
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| 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)
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