He first tells Roderigo to sell his lands and move to Cypress to court Desdimonia. The last stanza is where he manifests his "grand scheme". His idea is to get Othello into thinking Cassio is in love with Desdimonia. That way Cassio will be dismissed from lieutenant and Othello will lose Desdimonia. Shakespeare does a very good job in showing what kind of person Iago is right from the beginning of the play...
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The reader begins to realize this before any of the characters in the play do. I believe he did this so the reader will begin to see how evil Iago is yet how unjustified his reasoning is. As soon as everyone arrives in Cypress Iago puts his plan in effect. He gets Roderigo (his supposed "friend") to believe that Cassio and Desdimonia are in love...
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Othello When Iago answers by saying "Honest, my lord"(3.3.105) Othello feels this is to protect Cassio by not giving out any information but in reality he is trying to think of a lie...	2 / 328
othello It's telling us the way they are and their intentions towards Othello. They give their reasons of hating Othello and set up a plan to ruin Othello's and Cassio's life...	2 / 440
Othello Summary Brabantio complains to the Duke that Othello bewitched his daughter and had intimate relations with her. Desdemona is brought in to settle the matter, Othello meanwhile explains how he and Desdemona fell in love...	2 / 415
Othello Othello eventually becomes furious at both of them, most especially his wife because he is led to believe their marriage was false. Iago's plan worked and it yet close to his goal...	2 / 460