For someone to constantly lying and deceiving one's wife and friends, one must be extremely evil or, in the case of Iago, amoral. In every scene in which Iago speaks one can point out his deceptive

Another example is that Iago uses Othello's integrity and trusting nature against him. Iago knows Othello already trusts him. Iago "plays" an honest man who is loyal and loves his general. Possibly the best work Iago does is on Othello. He plays on the human weakness, jealousy. Othello takes every word Iago says for truth, and whenever he does question Iago, Iago keeps himself undiscovered by soothing Othello with more lies. Iago was capable of bringing Othello to kill his own wife, and Othello never questioned his wife or anyone else. Iago calls himself trustworthy in Act II Scene I Line 201, Iago is quoted saying "As honest as I am", which everyone knows is far from true. Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of trust and uses it as a tool to forward his purposes. Throughout the story he is often called, "Honest Iago." He even says of himself, " As I am an honest man...." [Act II, Scene III, Line 266] Trust is a very powerful emotion that is easily abused. Iago slowly poisons people's thoughts, creating ideas in their heads without implicating himself. No one stops to consider the possibility that old Iago could be deceiving them or manipulating them, after all, he is "Honest Iago." Othello believes in the honesty of Iago until the very end of the play. Othello and Iago's wife, Emilia, argue in Act V. Othello says: "…Ask thy husband else. O, I were damned beneath all depths in hell but that I did proceed upon just grounds to this extremity."

If one looks in modern day cinema, one will see the trite villain, evil to the core. Shakespeare took this villain to a higher level. He did not make him transparent like the villains of modern cinema. He gave Iago depth and spirit. His amorality and cynicism give what would be a very dull character life

Iago also manages to steal from his own friend without the slightest feeling of guilt. He embezzles the money that Roderigo gives him to win

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