Iago Is The Great Villains In Othello

Over the years, literature has brought people memorable villains in plays, moving pictures, and various novels. One character deserves to be ranked high in the category of greatest villains, but it is not the reason one would think. Iago, one of the popular characters in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, had the ability to manipulate the other characters so well that it awed the audience and in the end deceived them too. An article in by Haim Omer and Marcello Da Verona they asked the question, “How could Iago, on the strength of words, suggestions, and innuendoes – without the slightest shred of concrete evidence – convince and change Othello so thoroughly that, in the course of a few meetings, the Moor was led from a sense of highest personal and professional self-assurance, control, and satisfaction to a pit of insecurity hatred, and recklessness?”(P99-100). Iago is a master deceiver and preys on the fears of the main character Othello. Iago’s hints and rather “helpful” suggestions paved the way to his ultimate goal. His goal is to punish Othello for

Arise, arise; / Awake the snorting citizens with the bell, / Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you: Arise, I say (1.1.9). Throughout the play Iago gives the audience many different motives for the reason he loathes Othello, but his goal should not be mistaken for it is power Iago is after, and manipulation is his only tool. Shortly after the successful awakening anger of Brabantio, Iago rushes to Othello to warn his comrade as Brabantio and Roderigo confront Othello. Iago threatens Roderigo reassuring Othello where his allegiance is and reminding Othello that he can be