Othello's Jealousy Analysis

Out of revenge, Iago successfully planted a seed of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago implied to Othello to check on his wife, Desdemona, one morning and see what she was up to. Othello decided to go, when he and Iago got to the garden of Othello’s house, they saw Cassio, who ran away from Desdemona after seeing Othello. Cassio was asking Desdemona if she can ask Othello to forgive him for the incident of the night before, which was the cause that made Othello to fire Cassio from the military. As Cassio was leaving the scene Iago said to Othello, “Wasn’t that Cassio that just left your wife? He looked guilty and ran when he saw you.” Then when Desdemona tried to talk to Othello about forgiving Cassio, he did not want to talk about it. Iago implied to Othello that Desdemona and Cassio knew each other long ago, before she met Othello. Iago told Othello that Desdemona and Cassio were so close to each other that they were like boyfriend and girlfriend long ago. Iago Implied to Othello that Venetian wives are untrustworthy because they all deceive their
Othello wanted evidence of Desdemona being unfaithful to him. Iago’s evidence was Cassio’s so-called wild dream about Desdemona. Iago told Othello that one night Cassio slept over Iago’s house and Cassio had a wild dream about Desdemona. Iago said that while Cassio was sleeping he cried out “Sweet Desdemona, let us be wary, let us hide our loves.” Then Cassio got out of his sleep and grabbed Iago to then hump him and kiss him in the mouth because he thought that Iago was Desdemona. Iago lied to Othello, and Othello believed it. This made Othello jealous and furious. Iago was successful in planting another seed of jealousy into Othello’s mind by just simply lying to him about a dream that Cassio