What do Iago's two soliloquies tell us (the audience) about his motives and character?

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It could also come from Iago's resentment that Cassio was promoted above him by Othello. One of the main reasons is that it is rumored that Othello has slept with his wife Emilia, "And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets he has done my office". Iago's jealousy of Othello can be argued to be the main motive for all his evil actions for he mentions it again in the following soliloquy, "For that I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leap'd into my seat"...
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Iago is dead-set on thinking that his wife is having an affair and it would explain his choice of revenge ? making Othello believe that Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio for payback for him sleeping with his own wife. Of course, it is unlikely that Othello and Emilia actually had an affair, but Iago is so used to lying and deceiving that he assumes that everyone else must be doing it too, and therefore he becomes paranoid about even the slightest thing...
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