Each time I read Shakespeare's Othello, I realize more and more how two-faced Iago is. He deceives everyone he interacts with throughout the play. He intentionally gives people bad advice in order to make them fall and him rise up. It is clear he will go to any extent of hurting others in order to build himself up. Shakespeare includes how deceitful Iago is and how fake he can be towards so many people in order to further characterize him.
"I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio"(Shakespeare, Act II, Scene ii, line 200).
This line is an excellent example of how much Iago is hurting others. He tells Othello he would not deceive Cassio, but in saying this, he does exactly that. He wants to do just that. Iago yearns for Cassio's position, and he goes to great lengths to hold that place.
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