Shakespeares Othello - There Would be No Othello Without Iago Essay

There would be No Othello without Iago     Though the advert of the function written by William Shakespeare is called Othello, the character Othello is not the main character, plainly rather Iago is. Iago is the character who drives the play, he is the one who makes things happen. Without his greed and hated, there would be no play at all. The whole play is centered round Iagos strike back and in doing so, he is willing to make other peoples lives miserable. with Othello, Iago uses the other characters to avenge the wrong doings which Othello has inflicted upon him, and will go to either means to do so.            The play starts out with Iago not attaining the position he wanted from Othello, but rather the position was given to Cassio, who in Iagos sense is unqualified for the job. This is where Iago starts to spin his web of destruction. Iago hates Othello with a passion, and in his heart he truly believes that Othello has slept with his wife Emilia. I hate the Moor, and it is abroad that twixt my sheets has done my say-so Othello. Act I. iii. 429-431. Being placed aside for the lieutenant position do him even more mad. He then decided on a plan and overlyk full action upon it to abuse Othellos ear that he (Cassio) is too familiar with his (Othellos) wife Othello. Act I. iii. 438-439.            Roderigo was Iagos puppet. He believed everything that Iago told him and always did as he said, which in the end got him turn thumbs d takeed. Through the play one wonders often wherefore Roderigo keeps following Iagos demands, and it was because he truly loved Desdemona. He was willing to kill himself if he couldnt have her i... ...sp    Every person that came in contact with Iago terminate up dead or wounded in some way. Iago manipulated everyone he knew for his own means. In the end he got everything he wanted. He got revenge on Othello and en ded up killing three people and badly wounding one person in the process. One of the people who died was his own wife, but he could have cared less about that as presbyopic as he succeeded. If Iago was not around and did not carry with him the animosity, hatred, greed, and selfishness, no(prenominal) of those inimical things would have happened, but then, there wouldnt be a play either. Bad characters are needed in plays and in life. If we always got what we wanted and bad things never happened, then life would be very boring. Iago tormented and played around with Othellos mind, and he enjoyed this immensely, it was his goal and he achieved it.