othello

In Othello, out of all of the characters that we are introduced to, Iago is without a doubt one of Shakespeare’s most sinister characters, indeed to most of Shakespeare’s readers, he is in fact a ruthless sociopath. No other character can even seem to come close to his evil. Most of the characters in Shakespeare's plays have good reasons for the troubles they cause. Iago doesn't for the most part, instead he just …showed first 75 words of 999 total…

…showed last 75 words of 999 total…play Iago. This play has a bizarre plot map as opposed to the standard plot map: problem, rising conflict, climax, and resolution. A single person represents the problem and conflict. The climax could be several things, I believe it is when Othello plots to kill Desdemona. There is no true resolution Iago does get caught but the problems he causes (death) cannot be resolved. He was just meant to embody evil, which can't be resolved.