"I am not what I am" (I.i.62) declares Iago to Roderigo near the beginning of Shakespeare's Othello, who will not take action because he is slow-witted. Iago's love of deception signals his evil. He is a deranged individual, full of envy, who wants to cause chaos and pain. In acts I and II Iago, bent on bringing forth the destruction of Othello, gives to himself a list of motives for his hatred. His first …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 662 total…signs of remorse. How could an individual, no matter how emotionally sick he is, have none? Is this because he has achieved everything he wanted: the destruction of multiple lives for minimal reason? Could he have been a mole, working for the Turks, in attempting to destroy civilization in Cyprus for easier seizure? In both cases, Iago must be a deranged individual to slay, or be directly involved in the slaying, of several innocent civilians.