Comparison With Iago And Cassio

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In the play “Othello,” one of William Shakespeare’s six tragedies, characters Iago and Cassio are similar and different in many ways. One of the ways Iago and Cassio are similar is through Othello himself.
Both Iago and Cassio want to be on the good side of friend Othello, but both don’t have the same reasons. In Iago’s case with Othello, Iago wants to be on Othello’s good side so Othello wouldn’t be suspicious of what he was doing behind his back, such things as getting Cassio and Desdemona closer together so Othello would suspect something. Now in Cassio’s case, he just wants to be on Othello’s good side because he wants to be there. Cassio is Othello’s Lieutenant and he wants to stay that way, so after Cassio gets on Othello’s bad side, he tries his hardest to try and get back on his good side to keep Othello’s respect for him and the Lieutenant position. Both men wanted to be on Othello’s good side.
Iago and Cassio both feel that they can trust one another. In the play, Iago trusts Cassio in his actions to do what he implies Cassio what to do, such as when Iago tells Cassio that he should talk to Desdemona to try and get in good terms with Othello. Iago also trusted Cassio’s actions when Othello overheard the conversation between Cassio and Iago. Iago knew that Cassio would talk about something else, and knew that Othello would interoperate it differently. Now Cassio is a different story. Cassio trusts Iago’s advice in trying to get himself on Othello’s good side. Cassio trusted Iago’s advice when Iago told him to go and keep talking to Desdemona about trying to get himself in good terms with Othello. It was a bad move in trusting Iago, but that’s what he did. Those two both trusted each other but in different ways which makes them two some what similar.
The difference between these two is both have very different personalities. Iago’s personality is charming but in a crude way. He knows ...