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Text connections:
Bacon's "On Cunning":
Iago uses one of the key points that Bacon talks about cunning people using. The point being, “It is a point of cunning, to let fall those words in a man’s own name, which he would have another man learn, and use, and thereupon take advantage”. He uses this while manipulating Brabantio. While talking to Brabantio he pretends to not know that Brabantio doesn't know about Othello and Desdemona. So, when Brabantio finds out Desdemona isn't in her bed Iago pretends to be surprised.

Bacon's "On Revenge":
Othello uses revenge when he kill Desdemona after being told by Iago that she was cheating on him with Cassio, and one connection with "On Revenge" is, "Is it saying that public revenges normally go towards some cause and the private ones are for the two faced and people who are scared of the consequences?". Othello tells Desdemona that the reason he is killing her is because he is scared that she will do it again with someone else, so it matches with Bacon saying people who get revenge in secret are people who are scared of the consequences of doing it in public.

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Essential Question: What Makes good people do bad things?
There are a couple different situations where "good" people are manipulated into doing bad things by Iago. The first is Othello. He is manipulated by Iago to believe that Desdemona is cheating on him. Because of this he believes that the only option to make sure Desdemona doesn't do things like this again is to kill her. So, in his case what made him do bad things was feeling betrayed by Desdemona. The second person who was manipulated into doing something bad is Cassio. He was manipulated by Iago to drink his butt off to the point where he would fight Rodrigo, something he wouldn't normally do. So, in his case alcohol was what caused him to do regrettable things.

Essential Question: How does reputation change our perception of others?
Reputation and perception are things that feed off of each other. Reputation in the first place is all about how you are perceived by other people. In Iago's case his reputation is kind of like a shield to the other people to kind of over look what he's doing. In the eyes of everyone in Othello Iago has a squeaky clean reputation and because of this no one suspects anything of him. Then because everyone though that there was no way Iago could do anything to mess with Othello no one finds it suspicious when things start going to crap.

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Iago uses Emilia without her even realizing what she was really doing. She was just asked to get the handkerchief somehow without even knowing why she was getting it.

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Iago's whole manipulation of Brabantio is all to ruin both Desdemona, Brabantio, and Othello's reputation. He starts off by throwing them under the bus by asking Brabantio if his daughter is home. By her not being there it also reflects badly on Brabantio because he wasn't able to control his daughter.

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-"I’m glad I found this handkerchief. It’s the first keepsake the Moor gave her. My stubborn husband has asked me to steal it a  hundred times. But she loves it so much (since Othello told her she should always keep it with her)...
IAGO:
Don’t admit to knowing anything about it. I need it. Now go, leave me  I’ll leave this handkerchief at Cassio’s house and let him find it.To a jealous man, a meaningless little thing like this looks like absolute proof

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-Get's Emilia to take the handkerchief that was Desdemona's token to Othello

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Desdemona wants to repair the relationship between Othello and Cassio, and in her eagerness was able to fall right into Iago's hands. By spending so much time with Cassio trying to get him to speak to Othello, Desdemona opens herself up to Iago who uses that to "prove" that Desdemona is cheating.

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-Iago:
"I’ll send her out to you now. I’ll think of a plan to get the Moor out of the way, so you can speak more openly."

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- Takes advantage of her eagerness to repair the relationship between Othello and Cassio

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The whole reason Rodrigo is working with Iago is because one he thinks Iago is his friend and two he thinks that Iago will help him win over Desdemona. So, while Rodrigo is trying to defend Desdemona Iago is trying to discourage Rodrigo's infatuation for her.

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-" Are your doors locked?...  For God’s sake, sir, you’ve been robbed. Get dressed. Your heart’s going to break. It’s like half your soul’s been ripped out. At this very minute an old black ram is having sex with your little white lamb. Wake up, wake up, ring a bell and wake up all the snoring citizens. If you wait too long you’ll have black grandchildren. Get up, I tell you!"

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Iago plans to get so drunk that he can't think correctly. This is all so Rodrigo can provoke him and make him fight. From there he convinces Othello to make him his lt. instead of Cassio.

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-"Let’s shout up to Desdemona’s father, wake him, pester him, spoil his happiness, spread rumors about him in the streets, enrage his relatives, and irritate him endlessly. However real his happiness is, it will vanish in light of this..."

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-"If I can just get him to drink one more glass after what he’s drunk already, he’ll be as argumentative and eager to fight as a little dog. That fool Roderigo, all twisted up inside with love, has been drinking toasts to Desdemona by the gallon, and he’s on guard duty"

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-"He’s a bad boy, and Desdemona’s got her eye on him already.
Rodrigo:
I can’t believe that. She’s not that kind of woman. She’s very moral.
Iago:
Like hell she is! She’s made of the same flesh and blood as everyone else. If she were so moral, she would never have fallen in love with the Moor in the first place. Good lord! Did you notice how she and Cassio were fondling each other?... They were lusting after each other. You could tell by how they were acting that they’re going to be lovers."

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-Pretends to be friend and says that Cassio is deeply in love with Desdemona

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-Plotted to ruin Desdemona's, Brabantio, and Othello's reputation
- Pretended to not know about Othello and Desdemona and then acted surprised that Brabantio didn't know about them

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-Got him drunk off his butt and got Rodrigo to start a fight, so he would then be in Othello's bad books

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Overall Iago mainly just manipulates Othello from an outside source. He doesn't really directly do anything except for planting ideas in his head like how Desdemona could be cheating on him. He uses people like Cassio to make it appear like things aren't

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- "If my outward appearance started reflecting what I really felt, soon enough I’d be wearing my heart on my sleeve for birds to peck at. No, it’s better to hide it. I’m not who I appear to be"

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-Uses polite words and veiled intentions to silently betray him