OTHELLO Iago the Chameleon - A Snapshot to the End of Act 2 In the Shakespearean tragedy Othello, Iago is an important and dominant character. Iago is portrayed to be a chameleon because of his very changeable nature and because he wants to take revenge from Othello for choosing Michael Cassio as lieutenant over him. Iago has no conscience. He is an angry man and is happy to take down everyone around him to get his …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…easy to convince Othello that Desdemona might be attracted to Cassio. Another example is that Iago will use Othello's trustfulness and integrity against him. Iago knows Othello already trusts him and so will "play" an honest man who is loyal and loves his general. If this were the case, why would Othello believe for a minute that Iago is not telling him the truth? With this, it becomes easy for Iago to get his revenge.