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Why Is Iago Attracted To Othello

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He continues suggesting that by now Othello and Desdemona are consuming their marriage: IAGO. I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs. (I. i. 115-117)
Certainly, one of the primary aims of Iago surely is to destroy Othello’s marriage life. Kirsch (1978) claims: “Iago nevertheless prevails with Othello … because Othello eventually internalizes Iago’s maleficent sexual vision and sees himself with Iago’s eyes, rather than Desdemona’s”.
Perhaps Iago himself was attracted to Othello, or to the idea of being physically the closest person to Othello. For this reason we come to the conclusion that he does not hate Cassio but hates the fact that Cassio

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