The Destruction Of Honesty In Shakespeare's Othello

Iago is known as an very compulsive liar, he is power hungry, and he also enjoys evil for evil's sake, Jealousy is his thing. He wants what Cassio has so he seeks to destroy Cassio’s reputation. So he is willing to do anything to gain control and power. He wants to seek revenge on Othello and on Cassio as well. Iago is a very selfish and controlling man and doesn’t care about anyone else but himself. Iago doesn’t love his wife, he uses her to execute his plan to destroy not only Cassio but Othello as well. He killed his wife when she got in the mist of the situation between Cassio and Othello. Iago is the dominant force that causes Othello to see the infidelity of his young and beautiful wife. Othello has fallen into Iago’s trap because Othello
He’s not really honest but he play as if he was innocent and honest so that he could earn others trust. This is what makes him the most devious character of the play. Iago tricks Othello into believing that Desdemona is having a love affair with Cassio. He is really a flawed character but plays as if he has the potential to be good. Iago gets Cassio fired at Othello's wedding feast, he encourages the soldier to plead his case with Desdemona and she agrees to help out. Iago gives a handkerchief that Desdemona dropped on the floor to Cassio, he suggests to Othello that Desdemona gave it to Cassio as a symbol of her love. Desdemona’s death was do to being strangled. When Othello smothers Desdemona he finds out that she was being faithful to him all along. Othello missed Desdemona so much that he grief for her until the point that he couldn’t take it and then commits suicide. The moral of the story is that everyone’s feelings were hurt in a certain way throughout the play and that you shouldn’t lie about anything and to be true to yourself no matter what happens or what goes on . everyone trusted Iago and did not believe each