Othello and Iago's Difference in Love

Othello is precisely a dramatic representation of the degeneration of love. Expand and explain Iago's passion - a passion that lurks beneath his intelligence - filled with bitterness and sarcasm that poisons him. Compare this with Othello's love - how does he see love- what passion

Does HE express. What is the difference in their experiencing with loving?

Iago exploits the romantic passions of both Roderigo and Othello, but seems to have no romantic inclination himself. He uses a lot of unpleasant graphic terms when describing sex: " a black ram is tupping your white ewe". This may show that he sees sex as an unpleasant animal activity where you give yourself up to your passions, which may make him uncofomortable about it. But he is just talking about 'tubbing' between a man and a woman, so it is possible that in this side of it that he finds disgusting? In addition, Iago is constantly arguing that you can control your feelings, as "our bodies are our gardens". Perhaps he is in love with Othello, and this is the passion that really does lurk beneath himself and is something he cannot control and knows that he cannot have, and the only way for him to stay in control is to destroy the person he loves.

Iago very likely to be in denial about being gay. I'm sure, especially in Shaskperian time, that his society was not very accepting of that sort of behavior. If Iago is gay, then he must be trying to hide the truth from everyone, even from himself. This could explain why he comes up with many other 'motives' such as wanting the promotion, jealousy about Emila, and a lust for Desdemona. Arguably, these may be false motives, as Iago only seems to mention them just once and then never refer back to them, but then again could be foreshadowing. When he later gets made Othello's lieutenant, he does not seem to feel any sense of triumph and does not stop persecuting Othello and Desdemona's love. These could just be inventions that he creates to explain his actions to himself, when deep down he is driven by the very feelings of desire and love that he looks down on others for having?

Othello shows true love in the story, he believes that he is worthy of Desdomona, and that for her he has given up some precious freedom. He says, "But that I but love the gentle Desdemona, I would not my unhoused free condition Put into circumscription and confine For the sea's worth". Othello's love is filled with passion and feeling, but at the end this weakens Othello allowing his burning passion about Desdemona over ride his own good judgment, and allows him to let his emotions take over. It is obvious in the story that he is fervently in love with his wife, and it is to the point where he lets his feelings override his actions. When he hears a disturbing rumor about her, instead of thinking over