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Othello’s ensign (a job also known as an ancient or standard-bearer), and the villain of the play. Iago is twenty-eight years old. While his ostensible reason for desiring Othello’s demise is that he has been passed over for promotion to lieutenant, Iago’s motivations are never very clearly expressed and seem to originate in an obsessive, almost aesthetic delight in manipulation and ...
Othello. (1995 film) Othello is a 1995 drama film based on William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Oliver Parker and stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irène Jacob as Desdemona, and Kenneth Branagh as Iago. This is the first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio that casts an African ...
Iago (/ iˈɑːɡoʊ /) is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello 's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having ...
Dec 29, 1995 · December 29, 1995. 5 min read. The force of evil in “Othello” has its origin, “like the origin of everything else in the tragedy, in the character of its hero,” Mark Van Doren wrote. It is Othello who is guilty. Iago is able to plant his cruel seeds of jealousy only because Othello’s character is so thoroughly prepared to receive them.
Nov 21, 2023 · The Villain of Othello. Evil. Evil. Evil. There is no other way to describe Iago from William Shakespeare's Othello. This is a character who suggests that someone drown puppies and kittens - and ...
Iago actively works to thwart Othello by convincing Othello that Desdemona is being unfaithful to him, knowing that this belief will torment Othello. Part of what makes Iago such a chilling antagonist is his lack of clear motivation for tormenting Othello. Iago mentions that he believes Othello may have had an affair with Emilia, explaining ...
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Iago is the main antagonist of the tragedy play Othello by the late William Shakespeare. He is a Venetian soldier who serves under General Othello, a Moor (a broad term in Shakespeare's day, usually along the lines of someone of North African descent), and leader of the Venetian armed forces. He hates Othello and hatches an intricate plan to destroy him by making him believe that his wife ...
