What Do Iago's Two Soliloquies Tell Us (The Audience) About His Motives And Character?
Iago's intentions and motives for the malicious and evil acts he performs can be fully realized when he reads his soliloquies to the audience. It gives Iago the chance to be completely honest for once and provides the irony when the audience knows Iago's plans but the other characters are unaware and call him Honest Iago'.
In Iago's soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 3, Iago exclaims 'I hate the Moor'; he repeats this sentence many times during the first act of the play. The reasons for his hatred are vast, they could stem from racism, for Iago uses derogatory terms to describe Othello many times, Barbary horse', devil' and old black ram'. It could also come from Iago's resentment that Cassio was promoted above him by Othello. One of the main reasons is that it is rumored that Othello has slept with his wife Emilia,
"And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets he has done my office". Iago's jealousy of Othello can be argued to be the main motive for all his evil actions for he......
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