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“The Villain, Iago” Perhaps the most interesting and exotic character in the tragic play Othello, by William Shakespeare, is "Honest" Iago. Iago, through some carefully thought-out words and actions, is able to manipulate others to do things in a way t ....

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.... throughout the play which suprises the audience. “In one slightly altered form or another, ‘What’s the matter?’ springs to the lips of all the chief characters in the play- Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Brabantio, Cassio, Emilia- but only Iago, masterly improviser of evil deeds, doesn’t need to ask the question; that is because he already knows the answer and rarely takes the trouble to pretend otherwise.”3 He appears to be the shrewd character which thinks himself to be wonderful and all-knowing. Iago is the main driving force in this play, pushing Othello and many others towards their tragic end. Iago i ....