Othello #2

This act of Othello primarily deals with Iago's pure hatred towards Othello, and it also deals with Iago's plan slowly, but surely, falling into place. So far in the play, it is evident that Iago is very fake, for he favors Othello to his face, but then talks about him in a negative manner to others and wants to ruin his new marriage to Desdemona: "the thought whereof/ Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards,/ And nothing can or shall content my soul/ Till I am evened with him, wife for wife" (II.i.318-321). Iago wants go get revenge on Othello because Iago believes that Othello slept with his wife. To get back at Othello, Iago wants to break up the marriage between Othello and Desdemona and have her fall in love with Cassio. When discussing Othello to Roderigo, Iago says, "When the blood is made dull with the act of sport,/ there should be a game to inflame it and to give/ satiety a fresh appetite, loveliness in favor, sympathy/ in years, manners and beauties. All which the Moor/ is defective in" (II.i.248-252). Here, Iago describes Othello as old, ugly, and contrasting to Desdemona. In this segment of the play, Iago acts as a facade toward Othello, and Othello is very unaware of the fact this his friend is plotting against him.