Iago, an Immoral Monster
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SummaryOthello, Shakespeare’s tragedy, a story of jealousy, envy, betrayal and death displays the evil masterminding of a single individual. The ambitious Iago, a character filled with jealousy uses his manipulative traits to penetrate the minds of the play’s characters to set them on a course of destruction. Being one of the most discussed villains from Shakespeare’s plays the question if he is a monster can be argued both ways. Literary monsters depict traits that are very clear and allow readers to label them, Iago doesn’t allow for this yet he manipulates readers as he does in the play. However his cowardice is eventually shown. His inability to display any legitimate motivation for the destruction he is causing is reason to believe that he is nothing but a monster with the desire to hurt others. Iago’s exploitation of human traits, unjustifiable immoral actions, and the comparison to other literary monsters eliminates any doubt to what he truly is.
Table of Contents- Human traits that everyone displays are used in Othello as a weapon.
- Since the idea of her unfaithfulness has already been presented this just enhances Othello's suspicion.
- . Iago proceeds to exploit another human trait and uses it as a weapon.
- Iago's justification of his plan and what he is planning to do is nothing more than vague throughout the whole play.
- The change in Iago is a result of his monstrous nature.
- The final conclusion you draw after reading and analyzing the play.
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