Othello iago essay

All the while Iago’s ‘medicine’ is working to ‘put the Moor at least into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure’. He so easily controls the ‘levers’ of the play. The success of Iago can be attributed to his ruthless motivation fueled by his emotions. From the outset, Iago sets up his plan and motivations. With tenacity, he sticks to it.

Undoubtedly, Othello shapes a realm of truth from Iago‟s lies, and promotes Iago to his desired position as lieutenant. Ironically, Othello accepts Iago‟s lies and believes them to be the truth but believes Desdemona‟s truthful pleas to be a lie.

Iago is a character and the main antagonist from the play Othello, written by Shakespeare. He wants things to happen to make himself better in some way and for revenge, and throughout the play, he is always planning something. Iago is motivated by this throughout the course of the play; furthermore, he is successful with his motivations.

As an individual develops, he or she is taught to distinguish between the two in order to strengthen a sense of right and wrong. Through Shakespeare’s play, ‘Othello’ (Heinemann Advanced Shakespeare, 2000) we are introduced to a meticulously devious character, Iago.