Othello, the Moor of Venice / William Shakespeare / Iago

“Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerked him here under the ribs,” (Shakespeare I ii 4-5). This is a start to the open evilness of Iago in the play.  Iago tells Brabantio that the moor has stolen his daughter but then runs to Othello and warns him of Brabantio’s coming.  It shows dramatic irony that the audience knows Iago is the cause for Brabantio’s chasing of Othello.  Roderigo is portrayed to be at the mercy of Iago because Iago holds his purse strings.  He is talked into in part to help startup Brabantio.  The country is raciest witch is why it seems so unlikely to Brabantio that his daughter would marry a moor.  Roderigo likes Brabantio’s daughter which is why he is so sad she is married.  That is also what motivates him to wake up Brabantio. So far all the characters seem to be against Othello.