Iago is not a very trusting man, nor is he one to be trusted and doesn’t seem to have ever been one.  We learned a while ago already that he is very suspicious, sly, and deceiving.  From the previous act, we also learned that he believes and acts on almost a whim, hardly having any real backup for his reasoning.  He also thinks of himself much higher than others, in a way where he thinks he can outsmart everyone.  Iago uses his personal bias towards all woman and Moors, specifically Othello, to thrust his plan into action.

When Iago speaks or refers to the woman of the story or to Othello, Iago refers to both more as animals or personal items than as human beings.  In the first scene of the second act, Iago explains in his soliloquy that he want to get revenge on the Moor who “probably” did him wrong. He intends to carry out his plan by doing the same wrong thing that he is accusing Othello for; sleeping with his wife.  The Moor, who is Othello, seems to be this savage being that has done an extreme crime against Iago and the women are just property of their husbands and Othello has soiled Iago’s personal property.  In the second act Iago secretly reveals to the audience that he plans to get revenge “wife for wife” against Othello the Moor.