Iago was very selfish and self-centred, he was filled with hate and jealousy. As Othello was a play about revenge, jealousy and abuse of trust, Iago was the puppet master for all the events happening. He used the trust he had from others to his advantage and created a world of suspicion and betrayal among his "friends"
How is this character viewed by other people in the play?
Iago is always viewed by others as "honest Iago, a supposedly honorable, reliable individual. However, in his goal to get revenge on those who he believes have wrongfully taken his position, or the woman he desires, he does not hesitate to abuse this trust to his advantage. In the play, Iago manipulates three minor characters in differing ways for his own purposes, but each one reacts differently to his trickery, and thus each have a different outcome. However through the reader/audiences eye, they are all aware he is a villain.
What relationship does this person have to to others in the play?
Iago is seen as a very trusted person in the play throughout the majority of characters. He is seen as someone who is very reliable and respectful.
What does this character's main role seem to be?
We are first introduced to Iago in the opening scene, and learn that he is a very vengeful character, trying to wreck his superior’s relationship for the following possible reasons:
- The fact that Cassio, an “arithmetician” and who “never set a squadron in the field” was promoted over him
- Racism, Othello was living in a world of prejudice, but still made a worthy general and Iago is disgusted at “a black ram tupping a white ewe”
- The suspicions that Emelia may have been unfaithful to him are revealed in a later soliloquy, though this is never confirmed
- Jealousy of Othello’s and Desdemona’s happy relationship
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