ecision made by Othello and therefore it is highly unlikely that Iago took the lives of three people to avenge something he never brought up in the play.The act that most strongly displays this characteristic of Iago is his interaction with Cassio at the party celebrating the defeat of the Turks. Cassio, when offered a drink by Iago, makes it abundantly clear that he does not wish to drink nor should he even if he desired to because he was supposed to be on watch that night. Iago saw a chance to cause trouble for Cassio, he pushed the drink onto Cassio and refused to let up until it was drank, Iago knowingly put Cassio into a position where he acted uncharacteristic of himself by getting Cassio drunk. Iago knows that Roderigo and three proud Cypriots are drunk as well, Iago is certain that Cassio will fight in this situation. This event doesn’t serve any purpose to his plot against Othello and if his plot against Othello were of revenge he would have no reason to cause this harm to Cassio’s reputation.Iago also in this scene shows that he is fully aware of what he is doing because he ‘ties all the loose ends’ in a conversation with Montano. Iago first says that Cassio is a great soldier, and then says that he is as great a drunk as he is a soldier. He adds that he's afraid that Cassio's drunkenness will sometime make him betray Othello's trust and disturb the peace of Cyprus. Montano asks if Cassio is often drunk, and Iago answers that he gets drunk every night and that he can't go to sleep without getting drunk. This is obviously a lie that again hurts Cassio for no reason but it also indicates that Iago wants to prepare Montano to draw the right conclusions when Roderigo gets into a brawl with Cassio, which is not something a man who is insane would do.The second act that most strongly exemplifies the crude personality of Iago is Iago did not display the actions and gestures of a man enraged with jealousy or th...
