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As villain in Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago has two main actions. They are to plot and to deceive. Iago hates Othello for two reasons. He believes that Othello made love to his wife, and Iago is mad that Cassio was chosen to be Lieutenant instead of himself. From this hate comes the main conflict of the play. Iago plans to ruin Othello by carrying out a plan based on lies and deceit. This plan will make Iago the only person that Othello believes he can trust, and Iago will use this trust to manipulate Othello. First, Iago plans to remove Cassio from his position as lieutenant so that he himself take over Cassio's position as confidant and Lieutenant to Othello. Then Iago hopes to convince Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. If Iago's plan unfolds properly, he will be granted the revenge that he believes he deserves. Iago's plan and his motives are disclosed through a series three of conversations. He speaks with Roderigo twice and Cassio once. These three conversations show how Iago manipulates others to gain his own ends, and they also give motives for Iago's behavior. The conversations all follow the same pattern. Iago first speaks with Roderigo and Cassio to forward his plan, and then
Uses Roderigo's weakness to help him remove Cassio from his lieutenant position. If Iago was jealous then making Othello jealous would be an appropriate form of revenge. Iago tells Roderigo that Desdemona is unintelligent because she is enamored with a "pestilent complete knave" (239) like Cassio. This shows that Iago has no motives for destroying Othello. Iago's first dialog with Roderigo serves as an introduction to Iago's plan. The word "trust" makes more sense in this sentence, because Cassio lost the trust of the masses when he acted with aggression. Iago has no reason to hate Othello, but because he is an evil person Iago wants to ruin Othello's life. Importune her help to put you in your place again. Iago acts in this illogical manner because he is a naturally bad person who has no real reason to hate Othello. I ago is, as Coleridge said, "motiveless malignity". Iago says this to infuriate Roderigo. At this point in the play, Iago's plan is underway. This conversation and the soliloquy following it introduce the two different sides of Iago.
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