Honesty In Othello

Throughout the entire play of Shakespeare's “Othello”, the character Iago manipulates many of the other characters by appearing a certain way then hiding the truth of what he really thinks about the characters. The characters, such as Othello, believe that Iago, his (ensign???) is very honest and will never tell a lie, they even refer to him as “honest Iago” (add the act and the scene to this) because they have great faith in his character. Little does shakespeare’s characters know, but Iago has no honor and is playing them while acting two faced throughout the play.
Iago’s first example of being two-faced is at the beginning of the play. Iago and Roderigo are having a discussion about Othello and Iago admits to Roderigo that he really does (add quote of Iago saying he hates Othello and the Act/Scene it’s from). Iago then works with
Roderigo to wake up Desdemona’s father, Brabantio to tell him that he was robbed and that Othello had stolen Desdemona from him and that even at the moment (add quote about Brabantio becoming a grandsire). Once Iago sees that Brabantio is enraged by what has happened he takes his leave so that he won’t be seen as (working against Othello Act 1, Scene ?). Iago meets with Othello and tells him that he overheard Brabantio saying horrible things about Othello and that he, Iago, became very upset and wanted to argue back. Othello says that Iago is a very good friend for doing this thing, however, he doesn’t know that Iago is just manipulating him. Another instance where Iago acts one way towards a character then changes is in Act 2, Scene 3(????).
Othello’s lieutenant, Cassio is put on guard duty for the night of the celebration that Othello comes to Cyprus and is made the new governor. During the celebration Iago notices that Cassio is on guard duty and devises a plan to get Cassio fired from his position as lieutenant. Iago starts a conversation with Cassio asking him why he isn’t celebrating the marriage of his captain by drinking. Cassio makes the mistake of telling Iago that he (isn’t a good drinker and can’t hold his liquor very well). Iago uses Cassio’s weakness to alcohol against him and convinces Cassio to drink saying that (only one won’t hurt anything and that he needs to celebrate). Once Cassio is very drunk Montano arrives and Iago tells him that (Cassio is a problem drinker and that there is nothing to do to try and stop him from drinking). Iago one second acts as though he is Cassio’s friend by convincing him to drink because of the celebration but once Cassio leaves he acts completely different towards him and tells Montano and lie that he easily
believed.

(3rd paragraph about Iago saying that Desdemona is cheating on her husband, Othello) Through the story the one character that Iago acts completely different towards behind his back is Othello. Othello had the most trust in Iago and believed that Iago was a good man, however, Iago used the trust Othello had in him to manipulate him even more and cause him to doubt the person that loved him the most, Desdemona. Iago uses the love that Othello feels towards Desdemona to be his downfall since he can make little things, such as Cassio kissing her hand to spark jealousy in Othello. In the entire play, Iago acts two-faced towards the other characters, which brought at the end of the play many to demise, including the one who trusted Iago the most, Othello. Even though the characters believe that Iago was honest and good in reality he was an evil and manipulating person that had no honor to what he had done.