Blog 4:

Iago’s hatred for Othello begins to become more and more apparent. He hates Othello for choosing Cassio over him for the Lieutenant position, and for sleeping with his wife. His plan to make things even is first to get Rodrigo on his side, doing everything he asked. By convincing Rodrigo that he needs to do certain things in order to win over Desdemona, it helps him get money from Rodrigo, who is paying Iago some money to help him get his love, and it helps stir things up in general, causing some confusion. Iago’s plan is to convince Othello that Cassio and Desdamona are having an affair together. He things Othello will believe him because Cassio is a very handsome man, and someone the ladies would easily fall in love with. Also, Iago himself has been labled as a very trustworthy man, and Othello finds him honorable. Othello is the type of guy that if he finds you trustworthy will listen to you every word because he honors that trait in a person. Once Othello hears that Cassio has been having an affair with his wife, he will take Cassio’s position from him, give it to Iago, and then break up with Desdamona for being unfaithful, allowing Rodrigo to have a shot at love. As of right now it appears he will be sucessuful. In the very first moments Cassio and Desdamona are together, he has already set up a situation in which it appears Cassio is wrongfully touching Desdamona. Iago is extremely rude to Desdamona, and when she asks Cassio if what he said was true, he grabs her hand to assure her that those words are in fact false. As an outsider looking in, this hand grab and kiss appears to be sort of suspicious. If the topic of Cassio having feelings for Desdamona was brought up in conversation, people could easily begin piecing together their own evidence to support this idea.