Examples Of Dishonesty In Othello

Othello Dishonesty is the main theme of William Shakespeare’s play Othello. In act I scene III lines 333-356 it is apparent that Iago is a very dishonest person. Iago is very good at pretending to be honest, he is devious in his ways of always telling people what they want to hear, as shown in his speech. His actions are driven by his hatred towards everyone who ever did him wrong. Iago is angered by Othello for not giving him the job he thought he deserved. Iago has also been told that his wife was unfaithful with Othello, which ruined his reputation to keep his wife to himself. Othello is the starting source for all his hatred. To pay Othello back he hides behind other people and plays them like his own little puppets, making them do his
Iago takes this and uses it for his own good. Iago states, “It cannot be long that Desdemona should continue her love for the moor…” (lines 339-341). Iago says this to give Roderigo hope of one day being with Desdemona; making him want to do anything to be with her. In all actuality, she would never stop loving Othello (the moor), Iago knows this but lies to get his own way. In the sentence, “…thou shalt enjoy her” (line 353), Iago is guaranteeing that Roderigo will soon be able to sleep with Desdemona, this is a lie because Iago knows that Othello and Desdemona are in love and she would never do that. Roderigo is so eager to be with Desdemona that he is willing to do anything to have her as his own. Iago continues to find the weaknesses in people and he uses it against
You know this is a lie because even on her death bed, when she was being killed by Othello, she still loved him. She forgave him for what he was doing. That shows how in love with him she was, she would not have broken up with him if she was that in love with him. The whole play is based around Iago’s scandalous lies, he is dishonest to nearly everybody in the play. He is even dishonest to his own wife, which he tries to keep out of the whole thing because he believes that she knows too much. After this speech Iago tells Othello that Desdemona cheated on him with Cassio; Desdemona would never do that and Iago knows that. Iago uses Othello’s insecurities against him and put the thought to kill Desdemona in Othello’s head. Othello follows through with his plan and strangles her in their bed. Iago’s wife Emelia pieces it all together and tells Othello and the police, Othello is drowned in his own sorrows and hates himself for killing Desdemona. After Othello is charged with killing his wife, Cassio the injured lieutenant is put in charge of Cyprus; the city where all of this takes place. Iago stabs Emelia in front of Cassio and his whole brigade. After Emelia is dead, Othello grabs a sword and stabs himself lying next to Desdemona. Everybody is dead but Cassio, Iago