The Methods of Iago in Shakespeare's Othello

The Methods of Iago in Othello

Through out the play of Othello Iago used many techniques to get what he

wanted and one way or another he some how all most always got what he wanted.

His techniques were that of an everyday sneaky, conniving bad guy, who always

got people to trust him, except the person that was closest to him. But the

main overall techniques he used were; 1)He gained the trust of people. Which

was the number one technique, and from gaining their trust he could branch off

form that and then he could manipulate the people he was playing into thinking

that he was on their side even when he might be on the opposite side. Another

thing that he could do to people was to, from gaining their trust and making

then think that he was on their side he could manipulate them and make them

turn on each other. The other technique that he used which didn't nearly play a

role as large as the first technique but was important was he was always very

careful, in being discovered and by covering his tracks. He knew how to take

care of things in precarious situation. There was in my own personal opinion

one more technique, and that was that he knew how to use all his options and

could use his wits and cunningness.

Iago's number one technique was his ability to make people trust him. He

had just about everyone spun in Iago's web. Rodrigo, Othello, Cassio, Desdemona,

Emilia, and etc. And he got every one of them to trust him, although he still

hadn't got Emilia into his web fully. She still had suspicions about him. He

could gain the trust of people as if it was nothing to him. He always when

talking to that certain person said that he was on their side, making a false

trust that the person believed, and therefore trusted him. Now most of the

people he did this to it worked on. Such as Cassio calling him "Honest Iago" and

when Cassio got in that fight with Rodrigo, he believed that Iago was the only

good, honest man on his side, even though he was the one who set him up.