Iago's Treachery In Othello

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1 What seems to be the motivation for Iago’s treachery?
Lago’s treachery is the fact he feels Othello wrongly gave a position he wanted to Cassio. In Lago’s twisted mind this was a betrayal, he deserved this position; this act makes Lago loath both men to the point of obsessing with hatred for them, swearing he will not stop until all that they love and they themselves are no more. Lago is so good at being a bad guy he convinces everyone that he is a friend while plotting to be rid of them. He does not stop his deceptions till he has Othello agreeing with him not to stop till blood is shed; shed for what you ask? Shed for a horrible deception that never happened, one Lago convinced Othello of; thus Othello vows:
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This forces the second insecurity that of his power being made a mock by his friend and newly appointed lieutenant. In order for all to die as Lago wants, he conveniences, Roderigo, to go after what he loves, the wife of Othello, Desdemona, by killing Cassio. Roderigo try’s but fails to kill Cassio, yet Roderigo is wounded; Lago runs out to finish off, what he thinks is Cassio when he sees it is Roderigo wounded. Lago acts like Cassio’s friend, as he does all, and stabs Roderigo, allowing him to die. Lago then competes convincing Othello of this betrayal, who then takes his wives life without believing her innocence pleas. Emilia, Lago wife, and Desdemona’s servant comes into her dying lady and is maddened by the death. She then gets into an argument with Othello which is overheard by Lago, Montano the governor of Cyprus, Gratiano and Lodovico both Venetian nobles and kinsmen to Desdemona’s father Brabantio, and others come in. It is then Emilia, knowing what her husband has done by planting the evidence of the fake betrayal, proceeds to tell on her husband for all he has done and Cassio backs her up; thus allowing Othello to know he was wrong. In the end, Othello, in turn, takes his own life, for taking the life of his wife and not her at her word. Prior to doing so, he speaks of not being wise in love, yet loving well and kisses his dead wife stating his dying

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