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How Far Do You Agree With The Assessments of Iago, That He Illustrates “Motives Malignity Malign”?

The most interesting person in this play “Othello” is certainly Iago. A cruel vindictive villain filled with hatred and jealousy over people surrounding him. Iago is a character different from all the others in the play. He seems to be everyone’s friend and is seen to everyone has on honest guy. Iago even says he is honest although he is not at all. "I am an honest man...." (2,3,258). Iago is a character that is utterly cynical and is not ruled by his intellect but is driven by jealousy. Iago is a very sly and is the most heinous of all characters. Any chance he gets to take advantage of someone someway he will execute it. Iago reveals himself only to the audience but he tries reveals others character to everyone. The rest of the characters only have a partial glimpse and small doubts about him. Iago disguises his characters to a certain extend therefore the audience must also interpret and judge for themselves why Iago does what he is doing. “Thus I do I ever make...

Posted by: Janet Valerio

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