Othello: Act III: Motive

       In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago's motive to do the horrible things are very strong.  By the end of the third act he has already gotten his main motive accomplished.  This was becoming lieutenant.  Now the reader must decide if he is so evil to keep making Othello's life difficult just because of hate.  Shakespeare shows this through a series of soliloquies that Iago says.  He also says asides during the play.  These reveal that he is very evil and has an intense hatred for Othello.  Iago says, "Patience, I say.  Your mind perhaps may change," (III. iii. 453).  Iago says this after he has convinced Othello that Desdemona has cheated on him.  This shows that he is greatly evil and will stop at nothing to hurt Othello.