Although its not always obvious while reading the play, there is a certain parallel between Iago and Othello. The total basis for Iago's anger may not just be the rumors that Othello slept with Emilia. That is definitely a factor because it is the only reason Iago tells us face to face, but the connection between Iago basing his whole mission on the rumor, is ironic considering Othello bases his murdering of Desdemona on the rumor that Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. There might be an underlying message from Shakespeare telling us to never trust one single opinion from someone; never to trust a rumor without there being just cause and evidence. But Othello is not a character that jumps to conclusions either. In fact any other man "situated as Othello was would have been disturbed by Iago's communications, and I add that many men would have been made wildly jealous. But up to this point, where Iago is dismissed, Othello, I must maintain, does not show jealousy. His confidence is shaken, he is confused and deeply troubled, he even feels horror; but he is not yet jealous in the proper sense of that word" . With that quote in mind, it is easy to see how Othello was the one pulling the curtain in front of his own eyes to hide what was going on: that his friend was deceiving him. "The bare possibility that his friend is deliberately deceiving him -- though such a deception would be a thing so monstrously wicked that he can scarcely conceive it credible -- is a kind of hope" . Since Othello now has this hope, he demands endlessly of Iago to produce some kind of proof to prove that what he says is true. He is asking something that should be impossible, and technically is because Desdemona never cheated on Othello. But because of Othello's persistence it could be looked at that Iago was in fact forced to place Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's possession. On the other hand, whether it was Iago's idea about the handkerchief originally or after Othello demanded proof, it fit perfectly into Iago's plan and essentially was the nail on the coffin for Othello to believe every word Iago says. Yet, while this was the deciding moment that Cassio and Desdemona should be killed, it was also the reason that Iago is eventually found out and exposed. Unfortunately the damage has been done and Othello has already killed Desdemona and then himself, leaving Iago's mission to seem more of a suicide mission where he always knew he would be caught. Iago's killing of Emilia at the last second was merely a "If I am goi

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