William Shakespeare
Iago and Desdemona end up fighting for Othello's will in Act 3. Desdemona assures Othello that Cassio's guilty fleet from him was of guilt that he disappointed Othello. What I don't understand about this next part is why Othello asks Desdemona to leave him to himself for a little while. It was kind of random. Anyway, next enters Iago, and he starts to try form suspicions of Cassio in Othello's head. He doesn't succeed, fortuneately, Othello is very trusting of his wife, if fact, he is not made jealous by other men speaking of his wife, "'Tis not to make me jealous to say my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances. Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw the smallest fear or doubt of her revolt, for she had eyes and chose me. No, Iago, I’ll see before I doubt, when I doubt, prove, and on the proof there is no more but this: away at once with love or jealousy!" (III.iii.188). Hopefully Othello will turn out to have faith in the truly honest, and will figure out Iago's manipulative tricks.
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