Iago's main interest is the destruction of Othello. Iago fabricates accusations of adultery and his blatant racism, causing Iago to despise the kindly moor, and shortly thereafter, begin to conspire against him. Because Iago is much too smart to immediately kill Othello, he proceeds with the arduous process of dismantling him emotionally. Iago also knows that he must distance himself from any of the harrowing occurrences that transpire, so he cleverly gets other people to do his dirty work.

When Othello begins to believe that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair he is so consumed with grief that he sends Iago to kill Cassio and he himself kills Desdemona. Instead of Iago Killing Cassio he sends Rodrigo to do his dirty work. This is where Iago's plan begins to fade. Desdemona is murdered by Othello, however Cassio never dies. Othello then confronts Iago and finds out what really happened. Othello is then so consumed with guilt that he killed his wife he does himself in.

Othello has changed immensely and his treatment towards Desdemona at this point in the storyline has notably changed. He tries to trick Desdemona into admitting her crime by asking about the handkerchief. The handkerchief is not produced and so Othello believes in more of what Iago has told him. Othello speaks to Desdemona using words with ambiguous meanings. While he is implying one thing, Desdemona thinks h

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