Iago is not only an ingenious villain but also a manipulator with the utmost skill. Iago creates hatred and jealousy in Othello, tricks Cassio and makes a fool of Roderigo. He holds everyone that is important in his plans in the palm of his hand and he does with them as he so wishes. But how is this? How is one man able to manipulate so many and create so much hatred and jealousy that all sense is no more?
Throughout the play, Iago makes the reasons, for why he is carrying out this evil plan, clear to us. He tells us that he does it all not only because he is jealous, of Cassio being prom…
