Conspiracies of a Teenage Mind

"In personal suit to make me his Lieutenant" I.i.9.

"I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets he's done my office" I.iii.366-368.

"Whether [Roderigo] kill Cassio, or Cassio him, or each do kill the other, every way makes my gain" V.i.12-14.

I am going to throw around all of the theories discussed in class or that have textual support and my own personal evil motives within Iago that I have pondered while trying to procrastinate the actual assignments or when I get bored in class religion.  Doesn't everything seem less daunting when it is bullet form?

• From line ten of the play, even I was able to figure out that Iago was angry that Othello did not choose him to be Lieutenant in his army, but instead Othello had chosen Cassio who had never seen a battle.  What many people do not realize is that Cassio and Iago actually should have undertaken a battle to the death, much like in the Roman Colosseum, but because this never happened, Iago had to undertake this outside of human knowledge.  This caused a chain reaction that Iago knew would cause him to be Lieutenant should he succeed in.  Once Iago received the distinguished title of Othello's Lieutenant, he kept going for more; ergo, this hypothesis was not fully correct.
• Iago thought that Othello had sexual relations with Emilia, so, in accordance to the Mosaic Law, Iago had to make Othello think that Cassio had sexual relations with Desdemona.  If an eye for an eye makes the world go blind, then a cheater for a cheater makes people have trust issues, so it would seem at least.  However, even after Iago learned that Othello and Emilia were never betwixt the sheets, Iago still continued to scheme against them.
• Late in the play, Iago reveals that he needs either Cassio or Roderigo dead, though it would be better to have both.  If Cassio lives, then the affair between Cassio and Desdemona would surely be proven false, not to mention Iago looks ugly compared to Cassio.  In addition, if Roderigo lives, then Iago would actually have to pay back all of the money that Roderigo paid him.  I still struggle with identifying irony, but I feel like paying for your own death fulfills the definition.
• By the time Iago learned any of these to be false, his plan was in to far.  What would he do?  Just walk up to Othello and say, "Hey, so you know how I said that Desdemona is a lying, unfaithful whore?  Yeah, I was just kidding."
• Aliens secretly... okay, that probably did not happen.

 Now, when compared with Othello's motivation behind his murdering Desdemona, I think that any of these very reasonable and well thought out and justified reasons would trump Othello's reasoning behind the murder.

• She is cheating on me so she must die.

I must admit, I feel like a much better story would have been the logic behind Emilia in marrying Iago.

P.S. I drew this picture on paint because I don't want to go study for German.