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Appearances and assumptions in Shakespeare's Othello Brian Lockyer In Othello, William Shakespeare focuses a lot on the theme of appearance versus reality. Othello, along with other characters in the play, depend on their eyes, and with that they jump to big assumptions. There are many times in the play where there is concealed uncertainty, meaning the character assumes that what their eyes tell them is everything, hence, Looks can be very deceiving. Iago's reputation plays a very key role in the play. Everyone assumes Iago is an honest man. "O, that's an honest fellow ", "You advise me well ........ Goodnight honest Iago ""that's an honest fellow ""I know thou'rt full of love and honesty ". Iago has everyone fooled into believing that he is a dignified honest man. Without this reputation of being honest he could never get Othello to believe that Desdemona was cheating on him. Othello would have probably...

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