Iago's Poison

"Iago, as Harold Goddard finely remarked, is always at war; he is a moral pyromaniac setting fire to all of reality.......In Iago, what was the religion of war, when he worshiped Othello as its god, has now become the game of war, to be played everywhere except upon the battlefield."
--Harold Bloom

To respond to this passage, one should mostly focus on the shift from a religion to a game. How would you prove that this insightful comment is true? Of course, in order to prove this idea is true, do not fail to incorporate the excellent idea of "a moral pyromaniac" in this shift.

A moral pyromaniac obviously sets fire to all morals and values. Iago exemplifies the role of a moral pyromaniac perfectly in Othello. At the beginning of the play, Iago stood in awe of Othello's mettle in battle (and his prowess in wooing Desi). However, Iago grows jealous of the black ram tupping the white ewe and of Cassio's promotion.

Iago studied and partook in the art of war for years and became a mastermind in the art of war. His incredible intellect for war poisoned his brain just like Kurz in Apocalypse Now and Joll in Waiting for the Barbarians. All of these characters were well-learned in war and battle tactics. However, the practice of such learned methods were transformed into a twisted, demented resemblance of what they once were. Iago's use of torture was a more intellectual form than that of Kurz or Joll, yet all of them produced the same destructive result.

As Iago's mind became more and more unhinged, his knowledge of war simmered in a saucepan, the spices of jealousy and cunning sprinkled into the pan, cooking into a bowl of sick amusement in others' miseries. Iago once clear mind, knowledgeable of war reversed his mind into a toxic substance of a mind. His new mind loses all sense of right and wrong, all morals, all
values. Iago sets fire to his friendships in order to exact his revenge on a much less offensive offenses – if the black ram tupping the white ewe and Cassio's promotion are even considered as offenses.

Iago finds his loss of morality as amusing and creates entertainment for himself at the cost of others' misfortune. Iago straight up burned some folks (metaphorically) for fun.