The audience and the readers are the only people who recognize Iago’s full characteristics because Iago’s soliloquys, which reveal his true image, are only shown to the audience. Due to his “good” reputation, which established him as an honest person, Iago is in a position where manipulating people is easy, since his words are more believable than others’. Iago knows this theme very well – for example, when Iago states, “…I am not what I am.” in the beginning of the play, he already shows how he has

where Iago tells him to seek help from Desdemona, but in reality he plots to get the two together and make Othello jealous (Shakespeare 2.3.332-41). Throughout the play, Cassio came to be known as a man whose main interests were duty, responsibility, and propriety. Now, because of this mistake, he believes that he has lost everything that sets him apart from everyone else, and afraid that only the “bestial” remains in him. In a sense, Cassio recognizes the importance of reputation and how it affects his status in life. Again, reputation is the driving force that leads Cassio to make these mistakes.

lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of

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