In everyone's life, there is always that one person you think you can trust, and you later find out that they have been playing you all along. This is exactly the case with Othello. Iago, who Othello thought was someone he could trust, betrayed him in many horrible ways. When reading the famous Shakespearean play, Othello, the Moor of Venice, you quickly realize that Iago is the evil character in this play. Readers don't actually see the good side of Iago, if any, because he is constantly using and playing the part of people. Readers will also learn that no matter how evil Iago may be seen to be, he is truly a coward, using other people to do most of his dirty work for him. The story of Othello begins in Venice when Roderigo and Iago have a discussion. Before the discussion with Iago, Roderigo discovers that Desdemona has already been married to an Othello, a moor anyway. Iago is furious at this news, he decides that he now has more than one reason to hate Othello. Othello has not only taken the woman Iago so desperately craves, but he has just passed him for the position of lieutenant to Michael Cassio, who is not as experienced as Iago. Iago and Roderigo go to Brabantio, Desdemona's father, to tell him that his beloved daughter has been kidnapped and married a Moor. They tell him to go see his daughter to see if she is in the house, when Brabantio goes to check his daughter's room he indeed realizes that she is missing and he quickly sends some of his officers to find Othello. These events show that Iago will take every chance he can to try his luck against Othello, regardless of the risks, if the king...... middle of paper...... as expected, he s 'ran away. of the problem in question. In the end Othello kills Desdemona, then realizes that she was telling the truth all along, unable to deal with this he commits suicide. Iago ends up murdering Emilia and tries to flee, but he is stopped by Lodovico and Montano. After that, he is sentenced to death. There are many, many ways for a reader to observe and analyze Iago, but most can agree that he is not a very good or kind person by any means. He is a conniving coward who is a very jealous person and wants all the power he can get his hands on, no matter the cost, unless the price is his own life of course. Othello, the Moor of Venice. Literature and the writing process. Ed. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day and Robert Funk. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 2008.951-1038. Print.