... no remorse in taking his acquaintances' purse "As if the strings were thine-. Iago's motives are not solely money driven. He presents himself as evil incarnated in his longing for revenge over Michael Cassio who took the military position Iago wanted. The yarn he spins about Cassio and Desdemona would profit him in two ways, being, finance from Roderigo and getting ... he is simply a slightly more in depth, women hating villain is not clarified. In conclusion, Iago's character is someone who is motivated to do only evil deeds through jealousy, greed, revenge and hatred. He is unable to ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... destruction of Cassio are constequently merely means to Iago's evil end, which is the snaring of Othello's soul and body for no reason. Iago's weak desire to wreak his evil revenge on Othello and his plotting to achieve this are not soley responsible for Othello's fall. Of all the characters Othello exemplifies this unconscious abetting most profoundly. Firstly, Othello, the childlike ... ...

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... book, seemingly without care if any innocent people get caught in his treachery. This is how he uses Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, and Othello to carry out his plan for getting revenge. He uses Cassio as the instrument of hate to drive Othello, Roderigo as his tool basically, Emilia steals the handkerchief which is unquestionably one of the greatest factors acting towards ... ...

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... being overlooked for Othello's lieutenant and instead have to settle as being "his Moor ship's ancient" a position below lieutenant, we are able to see here that his main motivation was revenge and anger. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate