The tragedy Othello written by William Shakespeare shows several types of
             Contrast. In this tragedy, each main character is contrasted with another character
             who is the complete opposite of them. Three specific contrasts shown in
             Othello are Iago and Cassio, Iago and Desdemona, and Iago's internal and external
             appearances. All three of these contrasts are perfectly derived to be complete
             The first contrast is Iago and Cassio. Iago, since the beginning of the play,
             was very angry at Othello for appointing "A great arithmetician, one Michael
             Cassio, a Florentine" as his second in command instead of Iago himself (I. I. 20-21).
             Iago was obviously a selfish person because he only cared about himself and did
             not bother to realize why Cassio had been given a higher rank. Cassio on the other
             hand, was always there to help and serve Othello in any way. He was a generous
             person. For example, when Desdemona was supposed to sail to Cyprus to meet
             Othello, Cassio stayed behind with Desdemona and accompanied her to Cyprus to
             make sure she got there safely. Cassio did what any gentleman would have done.
             He was a loyal soldier and would have done anything for Othello. But Iago was an
             evil person with no remorse whatsoever for all of the conniving, devious acts he
             was to commit later on in the play. He was a deceitful person who was going to
             betray Othello, a person who relied greatly on him. But not only that, Iago was
             also going to destroy the lives of other innocent people. Iago was as cynical as the
             devil and should not have been trusted. He used "Others to further
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