Sunday, January 29, 2012

Team Anyone But Iago

"And what's he then that says I play the villain?" (II.iii.301)

I'll gladly say that Iago is the villain. If he weren't a fictional character and alive today I would want to kick him in the shin and angrily name off all of the reasons he's the villain. Usually I think sarcasm is funny, but Iago's sarcasm just makes me really angry. 
Reasons Iago is the villain:

  • He is breaking up a marriage of 2 people who beat the odds and fell in love. That's just rude and annoying. He's basing his motive off a rumor. That rumor clearly isn't true because Othello is very angered by the thought of Desdemona's infidelity, so he'd never do that to her. Maybe Iago would have a marriage like Othello and Desdemona if he had a little respect for his wife, which brings me to my next point.
  • He treats women like crap. That's not okay with me. Never once does Iago honestly say something nice or positive about a woman. Poor Emilia is probably scared of Iago and how awful he is to her. 
  • He continues this terrible plot that will inevitably ruin people's lives even after he got the job of Lieutenant. He's ridiculously power hungry and clearly doesn't deserve a position anywhere near it.
  • He is tarnishing the name of Iago - the bird from Aladdin. I know that the parrot Iago is somewhat evil by association because his owner is Jafar, but he's so much better than Shakespeare's Iago. 

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