He would whisper in his ear of the false misdeeds between Cassio, his lieutenant and Desdemona, his wife. Such as from the line that starts,”...Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio; Wear your eyes thus: not jealous nor secure. I would not have your free and noble nature out of self-bounty be abused.” As said by Iago, his goal is to ensnare Othello in a web of lies and insecurity towards his wife and comrade. As Othello says “What sense had I of her stol’n hours of lust? I saw’t not, thought it not, it harmed not me; I slept the next night well, fed well, was free and merry; I found not Cassio’s kisses on her lips. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol’n, let him not know’t, and he’s not robbed at all.” Further shows the audience how Othello is doubting himself and those around him as he still keeps going to Iago for council. Iago’s “council” is what feed the doubts of Othello whose gullibleness makes him profound to the “green monster,” or …show more content…
“I do beseech you一Though I perchance am vicious in my guess, as I confess it is my nature’s plague to spy into abuses, and of my jealousy shapes faults that are not一that your wisdom then, from one that so imperfectly conceits would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble out of his scattering and unsure observance. It were not for your quiet nor your good, nor for my manhood, honesty, or wisdom, to let you know my thoughts.” This type of thinking and behavior ruins Othello’s mental state causing him to physically react by having an epilepsy attacks. As he is focusing on how unbelievable it is to think Desdemona is sleeping with another man.”It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars. It is the cause. Yet I’ll not shed her blood, nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore, should I repent me;” He is far gone in rage, all he can think about is killing Desdemona and