Iago in Shakespeare's Othello displays certain deceitful characteristics that parallel the conniving ways of the serpent Satan in the book of Genesis. In Act III scene iii, Iago Guarantees Othello's downfall just as Adam and Eve's demise was guaranteed by Satan. The magnitude of Iago's trickery is only comparable with the schemes of the devil. Similar to Satan cunning to convince Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, Iago uses his skill, insight, and wit to arouse suspicion and to encourage its manifestation in Othello's mind. And after consuming the fruit, Othello believes without a doubt that his wife has been unfaithful to him.
             Act III scene iii is often referred to as the "temptation scene" (Champion, 4) due to the devilish manner which Iago persuades Othello. The beginning of this scene opens at the garden of the Cyprian castle and coincidentally, Satan and Iago are seen in beautiful gardens and Iago's delight is observed when he says, "Though I perchance am vicious in my guess; As I confess it is my nature's plague to spy into abuses, and my jealousy Shapes faults that are not..." (Shakespeare III,iii,145-148) With that quote, Iago's perverse character is clearly visible and can easily be associated with the devil. When imagining a mental picture of Satan and his actions, almost every person will see a wily faced character who always creates a lie here and there to get things to go his way. Similarly, Iago uses a facade to mask his true intentions from Othello's unsuspecting eyes. Othello assumes that the validity of Iago's statements about Cassio and Desdemona's relationship cannot be found!
             to be untrue which further causes Othello to be suspicious of Desdemona. The moor truly wants to resist the possibility of his wife's unfaithfulness: "If she be false, [O then] heaven [mocks] itself! I'll not believe't." (Sha...