The Evil Iago of Shakespeares Othello Essay -- GCSE English Literatur

How sh tout ensemble I murder him, Iago?   This one line, spoken by Othello, in Shakespeares play of the same name speaks volumes of the evil and deceitful nature of the reference being spoken to, Iago. The ability to turn a noble, self controlled, regard man such as Othello into a raving, murderous lunatic butt only be had by an evil man such as Iago. Iago is conniving, vengeful, vain, ruinous, dishonest, egotistical and paranoid. This makes him one of the most evil men in all of literature.   The first of many examples of Iagos villainy occurs in scene one of issue one. His vain ego has been hurt. Othello has chosen a bookish theoric to be his police deputy instead of Iago. Iago has this to say of Othellos choice   Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost dammed in a fair married woman, That neer set a squadron in the field Nor the division of a strife knows More than a spinster--unless the bookish theoric, Wherein th e togaed consuls can propose As masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice Is all his soldiership. But he, sir, had th pick And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other case Christianed and heathen, must be beleed and calmed By debitor and creditor. This countercaster, He, in good time, must his lieutenant be, And I--God bless the mark--his Moorships ancient.   This position is one Iago expected, non only because of his higher rank in battle, but also because of his seniority with Othello himself.   Iago clearly shows his vengefulness when he tells Roderigo Call up her father.Rouse him, make after him, poison his delight...&n... ...bolical plan. He has traded wife for wife as Othello has smothered, albeit regretfully, Desdemona. When discovered by genus Emilia, Othello confesses, saying it was Iago that persuaded him to murder her. Emilia tells Othello too late of the lies told by her husband and she dies at the hands of Iago for her confession. Iagos lies stimulate come to a crescendo and Othello realizes he has been deceived. Othello then commits suicide and we find, in this case, in order for love to conquer all, evil must triumph. As is the case oftentimes in real life, there is no able ending.   Iago is, for the literary world, evil incarnate. He lies and deceives with half-truths, to achieve his revenge, causing distrust and lastly murder and suicide. This makes Iago one of the most evil, but most memorable characters, if not in all of literature, at least in all of Shakespeare.