Iago
‘It is in the soliloquys rather than through his actions that the audience learns the true nature of Iago’s villainy.’ Do you agree?In ‘Othello,’ a world created by Shakespeare, where men are not what they seem, we explore the character of Iago, a suspicious, egocentric and deceitful figure who feels no remorse or guilt. The distasteful pleasure that Iago seems to gain from his insidious actions and his disturbing malicious nature show the man himself and also the consequences of such a nature upon others. Iago’s inherently evil nature is illustrated by both his actions and through his soliloquys - the act of talking to oneself and in the process informing to Elizabethan audiences of what is to come. It is through Iago’s soliloquys that his true nature emerges by way of the dissatisfying excuses he makes to justify bringing about the destruction of the Moor. The off-hand nature, with which Iago regards the rumours surrounding Othello and his wife sleeping together, suggests a disinterested husband, which in turn weakens Iago’s excuse. “I know not if’t be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do, as if for surety.” Coleridge’s interpretation of Iago’s c
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Approximate Word count = 794
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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