Question: how iago is presented in othello?
Answer: Iago portrays Desdemona as lustful, desperate to trade Othello for a more refined Cassio. ... Iago refers to Othello not by his name but as 'the Moor', calling him 'the devil' (2.1. 216) and 'defective' (2.1. 220), a racist portrayal which makes Desdemona's unfaithfulness more believable to Roderigo.