Othello Act III

"I greet thy love,
Not with vain thanks, but with acceptance bounteous,
And will upon the instant put thee to 't.
Within these three days let me hear thee say
That Cassio's not alive."
Act III, Scene iii, lines 470-474

Iago's plot to separate Othello and Desdemona starts to unravel in Act III. Iago has successfully convinced Othello that Cassio is having an affair with his wife and Othello wants Cassio dead.
The themes that we talked about earlier this week are definitely emerging into the plotline. First off the theme that Jealousy is a powerful, often destructive force has been evident since the beginning of the play. Iago is jealous of Cassio for being picked to be lieutenant. This is the driving action for the plot. Because Iago is jealous, he plans to betray Othello and Cassio and at some points he uses Roderigo to help him accomplish his plans. We see jealousy being a destructive force too because it's causing Iago to do all of these terrible things to ruin relationships and character's viewpoints on the other characters.
Another theme is that Appearance and reality are not always the same. This theme has been seen through Iago. He appears to be looking out for the good of others, while the audience knows that he is really only doing such actions to benefit himself. He acts as though he wants Othello to be warned that Desdemona may be having an affair with Cassio, but in reality, Iago wants to separate the two from one another and create conflict. All because he didn't get a job.
The benefit that Iago gets from creating his false reality is that he is able to seek revenge for not having what he wanted. He gets back at others to show them he will get what he wants, no matter what.
Iago is creating loads of drama and conflict at this point and I predict that there will be a breaking point in one of the next two acts. All of Iago's little plots will collide, causing everyone to go mad, and someone will probably die too.