Othello: Iago's Large Appetite For Revenge

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for a fact, but because he
suspects it, he will act as if for certain! This gives me the impression from
the beginning, that Iago is insane and exceedingly paranoid, going so far as to
set up a cache of murders, just on the suspicion of adultery.
Iago was also jealous of the open and loving relationship that Othello
had. When Othello and Desdemona are reunited after the journey to Cyprus, he
kisses her in full view of everyone. Iago treats his wife as an object and she
knows it. In Act three, Scene four, she tells Desdemona "They are but stomachs,
we are but food, and when they are full, they belch us".
In Iagos' racist mind, he views his superior, Othello, as being of an
inferior creed. He sees him as possessing an evil mind and soul, and having no
right to marry the very white and very naive Desdemona. He does not even think
of Othello as a human being, but as an animal. This can be seen when he shouts
to Brabantio "An old black ram is tupping your white ewe...you'll have ...

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