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... first reason for hating Othello is because Cassio was given the job as lieutenant which was the job that Iago sought after. We can see his sense of inferiority, as he feels resentful of rewards and promotions when he is not the one receiving them. Despise me if I do not: three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant (Act I, Scene I, Line 8) Iago is jealous of Cassio who got the job and Iago thinks very highly of himself - he thinks he could do a much better job than Cassio because he thinks he is cleverer than anyone else. Iago does not think Cassio is a proper soldier because he thinks he does not have enough experience and he just learns everything from books. One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife, That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division ...