Othello trust Iago. ‘Honest Iago’ and Iago uses this to advantage. Iago hates Othello because he believes that Othello has been Cuckolding his wife, Iago has no proof but he believes his suspicion is enough to act on ‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him.’ Iago went behind Othello’s back and went to tell Brabantio that his daughter has eloped with Othello who he describes to be a breeding Stallion “you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary/ horse.” Iago is also not happy with Othello having chosen Casio who he claims is gay to be second in command “A fellow almost damned in a fair wife-” Casio has not been to war and has no practical knowledge so he doesn’t believe Casio deserves his position. …show more content…
“Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.” In this he talks about Othello will having a baby with Desdemona, he refers to Othello as the devil applying that black people are evil and that Othello having a child with Desdemona is a bad thing. He dehumanizes Othello throughout the play mostly portraying him as half human and half horse “Lead to the Sagittary” and also refers to him as the moor “To the gross clasps of a lascivious