ot believe. Iago’s deceptiveness is perfectly executed here and Othello obviously has no clue as to what is really going on. Othello has now placed more trust into Iago then into his own wife. Iago is able to expose Othello’s tragic flaw, naiveness, and easily is able to fog Othello’s mind. Iago knew that pulling off his scheme would be difficult and said on the eve of Othello’s plan to kill his wife and Iago to kill Cassio, “This is the night/ that either makes me or fordoes me quite./” (V. ii. 129-130)As Iago speaks to Roderigo, he reveals some interesting points. “Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago./ In following him, I follow but myself;/ heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,/ but seeming so, for my peculiar end;/ for when my outward action doth demonstrate/ the native act and figure of my heart./” (I. i. 59-62) Iago reveals that he has lost all respect and loyalty to Othello and is only concerned about the consequences that will await him by God. He believes that he is doing well, that God will reward him for acting nobly and for his cause. This is an excellent example of his selfishness because Iago doesn’t care about what happens to anyone else or whom he hurts to get what he feels he deserves. A great puppeteer, Iago is a deceitful man driven by selfishness. He is the one who runs the show making the characters say what he wants to hear with his cunning ways. He deceives the Othello and Roderigo who he claims to "love." By noticing and using others’ flaws, Iago successfully avenged his grudge against Othello, Roderigo, and Desdemona. He steps over everything and everyone in his way to get what he wants and his ways will in turn ultimately end the play in tragedy. ...
