Othello is willing to extend his faith and trust to Iago, and Othello mistakenly believes that Iago loves him. Othello's crime is not trusting his wife and trusting a dishonest character. When Iago says to Othello “Did you notice how much he made fun of his vice?” (4.1.137). Iago tells Othello that Cassio laughs when he admits to having slept with Desdemona. Othello thinks this is true because Othello trusts Iago, but it would have been possible for Othello to think that Cassio was lying to Iago. Othello talking with Iago decides that he will kill Desdemona with poison, but changes his mind and decides to kill her by strangling her in her bed at Iago's suggestion. After Othello discovers that he has been tricked by Iago into killing his faithful and loving wife, he says, "Gently, a word or two before you go." I have rendered some services to the State, and they know it. Please, in your letters, when you recount these unfortunate acts, speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuating, nor anything written out of malice. So we have to talk about someone who did not love wisely, but too well. Of someone who is not easily jealous, but is wrought, perplexed in the extreme. Of him whose hand, like the vile Indian, cast a pearl richer than all his tribe. Of someone whose downcast eyes, although unaccustomed to cast iron