One character that I found to be very intriguing throughout the play is Iago. Iago is such a complex character that plays the role of the mastermind through out the play. His character is so interesting because he plays two roles in the play, in another perspective he’s a two face character. Throughout the play, I came to really take a liking into the character because he sets a specific goal and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it. In some ways, Iago is a brilliant, fearless, and deviant man. Despite Iago being the antagonist the audience can take a liking to him. Every small step and action he takes he does it with a bigger meaning behind it, a more brilliant scheme. He does things with a sense of craftsmanship, and such elegance like each step is his final result. His character gives the audience a hunger to see more of his deviousness. Another thing that makes Iago such a special character is that he is self-conscious about his doings and he celebrates his actions like their the right thing. Throughout the play, I notice that Iago outsmarts every single character in the play. When we think of evil we automatically think they are violent and brutal, in most cases that’s true but with Iago, he brings forth a whole new meaning to it. Iago is able to hurt Othello but in such a brilliant and strategical way. He sticks around throughout the whole play and sticking to the shadows as he puts his plans in motion.

Iago states:

“Call up her father,
Rouse him. Make after him, poison his delight,
Proclaim him in the streets; incense her kinsmen,
And, though he in a fertile climate dwell,
Plague him with flies. Though that his joy be joy,
Yet throw such changes of vexation on ‘t
As it may lose some color.”

“But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor,
And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets
He has done my office. I know not if ‘t be true,
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety”.