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Iago's intelligence causes the self destruction of Othello. He appears to be the most intelligent person in the play, Othello, by the way he acts and handles some situations. Iago is set to plan revenge on Othello for not making him lieutenant. He gains the tru ....

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.... dramatically when he hears all these lies from Iago. He is now less patient. He hurries through many decisions to be made. Such as the one to kill his wife. He also jumps to conclusions too quickly. This is shown when Iago and Bianca are talking about Cassio and Othello misinterprets them talking about Desdemona. "Ay, let her rot and perish and be damned tonight, for she shall not live." (4:1, 200-201. Othello is planning Desdemona's death. He appears to be very stressed out, by the way he acts and talks. He tries to think that everything is all right but based on what he hears from Iago, it really isn't. Iago's many plans to destroy Othello ....