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After Iago feeds Roderigo more lies about Desdemona and Cassio to get him on board with his plan, he says, to himself, the reason why he wants revenge on Othello. "For what I do suspect the lusty Moor/Hath leaped into my seat. The thought whereof/Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards,/And nothing can or shall content my soul/Till I am evened with him, wife for wife." (2.1.289-293)

Explanation: Iago thinks Othello slept with his wife, and the feeling that is eating him inside is jealousy. he wants to get even with Othello by destroying his marriage. It is the reason for his wicked plan.

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At the beginning of the play, iago and Roderigo learn that Othello didn't choose Iago to be his lieutenant. "Despise me/If I don not. Three great ones of the city/(In personal suit to make me his lieutenant)/Off-capped to him, and by the faith of man/I know my price, I am worth no worse a place. [...] And what was he?/Forsooth, a great arithmetician,/One Michael Cassio, a Florentine" (1.1.8-12/19-21)
(1.1.28-33)......

Explanation: Iago hates him for choosing Michael Cassio as his lieutenant. There is no doubt that he is jealous of Cassio for getting the position, mostly because he feels he deserves it. This event is what triggers him to take his revenge on Othello.

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When Iago tells Roderigo his plan, he explains why he can trust him. "I hate the Moor./My cause is hearted thine hath no less reason. Let us be/conjunctive in our revenge against him." (1.3.359-361)

Explanation: Iago uses Roderigo's jealousy for Othello (because of Desdemona) to convince him he can trust him. He says they both are as devoted to hating him, so why not take revenge? ...

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- "I hate the Moor,/And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets/He's done my office. I know not if't be true,/But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,/Will do as if for surety." (1.3.377-381)

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After Brabantio hears about his daughter's marriage, he confronts Othello. "O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?/Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her!/For I'll refer me to all things of sense,/If she in chains of magic were not bound,/Whether a maid so tender, fair and happy,/So opposite to marriage that she shunned/The wealthy curlèd darlings of our nation,/Would ever have, t'incur a general mock,/Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom/Of such a thing as thou--to fear, not to delight." (1.2.64-74)

Explanation: Brabantio tells Othello there's no way his beautiful daughter married him, a black man! He says he's cast a spell on her. There is prejudice and racism, because Brabantio says that the Moor is something to fear, not to love. Also, to the people of Venice, Desdemona marries way below her social status. Biracial marriages were not well seen... Women don't have any rights...

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After Iago explains for the first time to Roderigo that he hates Othello, but hides it, Roderigo says: "What a full fortune does the Thick-lips owe/If he can carry't thus!" (1.1.68-69)

Explanation: Roderigo uses a racial insult to refer to Othello in order to demean him. Roderigo is jealous, because Othello has what he wants (Desdemona) and to him Othello is inferior, so it doesn't make sense...

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After Iago tells Brabantio about his daughter's marriage, he comes to warn Othello: "He will divorce you,/Or put upon you what restraint and grievance/The law (with all his might to enforce it on)/Will give him cable." (1.2.14-17)

Explanation: Brabantio will try to annul Desdemona and Othello's marriage. He and the people of Venice are outraged that he married into their society. He will always be considered as an outsider. He is only tolerated because of his skills and knowledge, but they feel he has now gone too far...

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When Iago, Desdemona and Emilia have arrived in Cyprus, Iago insults his wife, saying she talks too much. Desdemona takes her defend, but Iago responds: "Come on, come on. You are pictures out of door, bells in/your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens, saints in your/ injuries, devils being offended, players in your/ housewifery, and housewives in your beds." (2.1.118-121)

Explanation: Iago is saying that all women are the same: they look and act like saints. but inside their houses they are noisy and act like devils. Iago is clearly sexist and has a lot of prejudice against women.

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From the dark streets of Venice, Iago and Rodrigo wake up the senator with shocking news.     In an attempt to damage the reputation of Othello and infuriate the senator, Iago shouts up to Brabantio,  "... you have lost half of your soul.  Even now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. ... you'll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse.  You'll have your nephews neigh to you"
( 1.1.89-91 and 114-116)

Explanation: This shows Iago’s racist attitude towards Othello.   He uses animal imagery to make true love and an honest, loving sexual encounter between Othello and Desdemona seem bestial, violent, and nasty.

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- "If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit,/The one's for use, the other useth it." (2.1.139-140) ... the rest of the page is sexist...
- "She that was ever fair and never proud,/ [...] She was a wight, if ever such wights were[...]To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." (2.1.156-166-168)

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After Cassio loses his post as one of Othello's officers, because of the scene he caused while he was drunk, he tells Iago how distraught he feels. "Reputation, reputation, reputation! I have lost the immoral part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!" (2.3.250-253)

Explanation: For Cassio, his reputation is one of the most important things. His honour and manhood were affected, because people will no longer think he is respectable...

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After Iago feeds Roderigo more lies about Desdemona and Cassio to get him on board with his plan, he says, to himself, the reason why he wants revenge on Othello. "For what I do suspect the lusty Moor/Hath leaped into my seat. The thought whereof/Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards,/And nothing can or shall content my soul/Till I am evened with him, wife for wife." (2.1.289-293)

Explanation: Iago thinks Othello slept with his wife. This thought is eating him alive, because, for him, it makes him less of a man when someone else sleeps with your wife. He fears his honour and reputation are going to be affected, and that is why he wants to get revenge. By destroying Othello's marriage, he destroys his reputation/honour/manhood.

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After Desdemona tells everyone how in love she is with Othello and after their marriage is accepted, Roderigo is depressed. "I will incontinently drown myself[...] It is silliness to live when to live is troment, and then have/We a prescription to die when death is our physician." (1.3.306[...]309-310)

Explanation: Roderigo prefers dying over living in a world where the woman he loves doesn't love him back. His manhood and honour is so affected by his rejected love, he wants to kill himself, until Iago tells him his plan...

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After waking up Brabantio to tell him about his daughter's marriage, Iago tells Roderigo he must leave, beacause he can't be seen working against the Moor.
" Though I do hate him as well as I do hell pains,/Yet for nessecity of present life/I must show out a flag and sign of love," (1.1.157-159)

Explanation: Iago is telling Roderigo that even though he hates Othello, he shows him loyalty and affection, but it is just an act to ensure his revengeful plans.

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After Iago "helps" Cassio with proposing him to plead his cause to Desdemona, he asks himself if he is evil or good. "When devils will the blackest sins put on/They do suggest at first with heavenly shows/As do I now." (2.3.331-333)

Explanation: Iago is saying that when devils are about to commit evil things they put on their most heavenly faces, just like him. It demonstrates how Iago always dissimulates his bad intentions with lies and fake smiles.

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When Cassio is a little drunk in Cyprus, and just before he attacks a man in the street near the pub, Iago expresses his concern to Montano: "'Tis evermore the prologue to his sleep./He'll watch the horologe a double set/If drink rock not his cradle." (2.3.115-117)

Explanation: Just before this scene, Cassio says that he's not much of a drinker. Iago tells Montano that he is drunk every night (that he is an alcoholic). Iago is clearly painting a picture of Cassio that is completely not true. He is twisting the truth so that when Cassio attacks the man, he loses his job.

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- "The Moor is of a free and open nature/That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,/And will as tenderly be led by th' nose/As asses are." (1.3.390-393)
- "Good night, honest Iago." (2.3.315)
- "And out of her own goodness make the net/That shall enmesh them all." (2.3.341-342)
- "Oh, you are well tuned now,/But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,/As honest as I am." (2.1.203-204)
- Painting a picture/twisting reality:
(2.1.238-247)
(2.1.255-260)

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1. Context  ( Who? Where? When?)
2.   The quote... written in Shakespeare’s words (Early Modern English)
5.   Reference:  (1.2.45)
6.   Explanation of the link between the quote and the theme.

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Brabantio has just realized that his fair, young daughter is missing and he is slowly starting to believe what Roderigo (Iago) is telling him.    Brabantio complains to Roderigo,  “Oh heaven, how got she out? Oh treason of the blood!/Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds/By what you see them act. Is there not charms/By which the property of youth and maidhood/May be abused?“ (1.1.172-175)

Explanation:   Brabantio thinks of his daughter as his property.   He is shocked that his own daughter would betray a powerful, noble man like himself.    He is afraid that his reputation will be damaged by this betrayal.

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On the dark streets of Venice, Iago is telling his puppet Roderigo about his 2-faced nature. Iago explains,  "I follow him to serve my turn upon him. ... Others there are who, trimmed in forms and visages of duty, keep their hearts attending on themselves and, throwing but shows of service on their lords, do well thrive by them. ... I AM NOT WHAT I AM"
(1.1.44-67)

Explanation: Iago tries to reassure Roderigo that he is actually pretending to be loyal to Othello so that he can eventually find a way to destroy his new marriage.