Othello Essay In the play Othello, the very evil and conniving character Iago deceives the main characters. He prays mostly on the main character Othello. Othello is a black general who is married to a white woman named Desdemona. In the beginning of the play Othello promotes a man named Cassio to be his right hand man in his army. Iago, thinking that he was going to get the promotion, is furious by this and …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…fight with Rodrigo, the only thing that Cassio wanted was to make everything right with Othello. Cassio had a good reputation and wanted it back again. This was why he was a perfect target. For Iago, removing Cassio would put him in the second in command. Iago thought that he would be able to take Desdemona down also. He would use Cassio and make it seem as though her were having an affair. It worked.