Mögliche Belege für die These, dass Iago an Cassio interessiert sein könnte und aus Eifersucht sowie unterdrückten sexuellen Wünschen handelt:
"- who stands so eminent in the degree of this fortuna as Cassio does? - a knave very voluble, no further conscionable [...] Besides, the knave is handsome, young, and hath all those requisites in him that folly and green minds look after. A pestilent complete knave, and the woman [Desdemona] hath found him already." (II.i.240-50)
"That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it. That she loves him, 'tis apt and of great credit (II.i.285f)
"In sleep I heard him say "sweet Desdemona,
Let us be wary, let us hide our loves",
and then, sir, would he grip and wring my hand,
cry "O, sweet creature!", then kiss me hard,
as if he plucked up kisses by the roots,
that grew upon my lips, lay his leg o'er my thigh,
and sigh, and kiss, and then cry "cursed fate,
that gave the to the Moor!""
(III.iii.420ff)
Nicht zwingend, aber doch glaubwürdiger als die Liebe zu Othello, finde ich ^^ Was meint ihr?