Iago

Iago

1. Motives

   • Wanted Cassios position
   • Emilia slept with Othello
   • Has a thing for Desdemona

2. Black deeds

   • Evil
   • Questionable motives
   • "I have told thee often, and i retell thee again and again, I hate the moor"
   • Honest Iago is upheld until the end
   • "If i would expend time with such a a snip but for my sport and profit"
     • Snipe - derogatory
       • Animal imagery
     • His own amusement

3. Pawns

   • Roderigo
     • Easily manipulated
     • Weak
     • Exploited for money
     • Killed in a fight with Cassio
       • Convenient as he was the only one who knew Iago's true intentions
   • Emilia
     • Duty to her husband
     • Plants the hankerchief
       • Later used as ocular proof
     • In the end exposes Iago
   • Cassio
     • Uses flirty behaviour and love for Bianca to make it look like he is in love with Desdemona
     • Knows the value Cassio places on reputation
       • He will do anything to regain it
     • Coaxes Cassio to ask Desdemona to plea for his position back
       • "Our generals wife is now the general"

4. Virtue

   • "Virtue? A fig! 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are our gardeners"
     • Garden imagery shows the lower class
   • You choose to be good or bad
   • Iago's thoughts on life