Iago's Case Study

This paragraph present a description of Iago Problems and Diagnosis. After close study of Iago case, Iago has been diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder. This disorder where a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the right and feeling of others. People antisocial personality disorder often violate the law, becoming criminals. They show no guilt or remorse for their behavior (Legg). However, patients such as Iago who suffers from antisocial personality disorder, often violate the law, becoming criminals. They may lie, behave violently or impulsively and have a problems with drug and alcohol use. Symptoms of the condition include disregard for right and wrong, persistent lying or deceit to exploit others,

impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead, deceitfulness and using charm or wit the manipulate other for personal gain (Mayo Clinic Staff). Clearly if a patient's ASPD have a mental health conditions that causes patterns of manipulation and violation of others around them. This conditions overwhelms their personality.

Antisocial Personality Disorder may be caused by the way people view, understand and relate to the outside of the world, as well as how they see themselves and forms during childhood, shaped through interaction of inherited tendencies and environmental factors.

One symptoms may include using charm to wit to manipulate other for personal gain or personal pleasure (Mayo Clinic Staff). In Iago case, there is lot of evidence to suggest that Iago is manipulating other people for his own benefits. First, Iago is convincing Roderigo, Who loves Othello’s wife that he can have Desdemona even though she is married and loves Othello. Iago use many manipulation through the play to convince Roderigo to help get rid of Othello. Iago tells Roderigo “Thou art sure of me. Go, make money. I have told thee often, and I re-thee again and again, I hate the Moor. My cause is hearted. Thine hath no less reasons. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him” (Shakespeare). Here Shakespeare's shows that Iago is trying to convince Roderigo to help him bring Othello down and Iago uses Roderigo into giving him money to win him Desdemona. Iago took advantages of Roderigo's feeling for Desdemona in order to fulfill his own desires. Iago reveals “Put money in thy purse”(Shakespeare). This shows that Iago is just using Roderigo so he can get his money and he don’t really care about

Roderigo.

A second symptom of antisocial personality disorder is deceitfulness as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning other for personal profit or pleasure. In Iago case, there is much evidence to suggest that Iago is persistent lying or deceit to exploit other. In the play Iago says One of this kind is Cassio. In sleep I heard him say “Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide our loves” (Shakespeare). This shows that Iago lies to Othello that Desdemona and Cassio having affair. Iago says “I know not that, but such a handkerchief. I am sure it was your wife’s did I today. See Cassio wipe his beard with” (Shakespeare). Here Shakespeare's shows, that Iago telling Othello about Desdemona affair and the handkerchief is the initially object that make Othello believes Iago, that Desdemona having affair with Cassio. For creating this lie, Iago has really gained Othello trust and now Othello want to kill both Cassio and Desdemona. Iago continuously lying in a way that make people thoguht what he was saying is true.