Roderigo: Story of a Gullible ManThesis- Because of his extreme passion for Desdemona; his willingness to commit heinous and evil acts; and as he allows Iago to swindle him into financial ruin, Roderigo is a complete fool. The extreme passion for Desdemona blinds Roderigo from the truth. Roderigo is very obsessed with Desdemona and the extreme burst of passion does not allow him to act rationally. He even admits to Iago that he is an extremely emotional man; he admits it's his fault he's so passionate, but he can't fix it. Roderigo does not have his own thought process. Instead, he relies on sudden passions and smarter people to guide him through life. His obsession is so great and his rationality so poor, that he is willing to commit heinous irrational acts to be with the object of his obsession. In the first act and the last scene, Iago expresses his desire to end his life. This is an indicator that his thought process is not entirely normal. This is an indicator of severe depression, which is known to cause poor judgment. Although Desdemona's father has the right to know that his daughter has married Othello, her father is an old man who should receive the news with kindness. The fact that he woke this poor man up in the middle of the night, screaming at him and causing him such trauma, all for the sake of being with Desdemona, is yet another indicator that he is not only psychologically compromised, but is also evidence how far he is willing to go to get closer to the object of his obsession. Some of the most compelling evidence comes from Act IV, in which Roderigo acts as an accomplice by instigating a fight after Iago successfully intoxicates Cassio. This causes Cassius to lose his......middle of paper......hester University Press, 1986): pp. 16–30. Cited as "Iago's Descent: Satire, Ben Jonson, and Shakespeare's Othello" in Bloom, Harold, ed. Othello, new edition, modern critical interpretations of Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2010. Bloom's Literature. File, Inc. Web Facts. May 7, 2014 .Shakespeare, William. Othello. Minneola: Dover Productions, 1996. Print.Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Notes on Othello." Lectures and notes on Shakspere and other English poets. Cited as "Notes on Othello" in Bloom, Harold, ed. Othello, Shakespeare through the ages by Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2007. Bloom's Literature. File, Inc. Web Facts. May 11 2014 .