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In four pages this paper examines the destructive effects of Iago’s avaricious pursuit of self interest. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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Iago represents the epitome of evil. In Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley observed, "EVIL has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago" (195). Iagos
evil is rooted in his own avarice and overriding self-interest, which dictate all of his calculated actions. He will unleash destruction on anyone who he believes threatens his self-interest
in some way, whether it is his military commander (Othello), a professional rival (Michael Cassio), his wife Emilia, or even himself. For the cunning Iago, enacting revenge on others
he believes have somehow slighted him is always justified whether it is "for my sport and profit" (I.iii.402). However, Iagos destructive tendencies also have a detrimental impact upon society
as well, for they reflect the class and racial prejudices that were prevalent in the plays setting of Venice, in Shakespeares Elizabethan society, and in the world of the twenty-first
century. In The Tragedy of Othello, Iago is an officer in Othellos command. Iagos superior is a middle-aged Moor who has been hired by the Venetian ruling class to
serve as its military protector. Having secretly eloped with Senator Brabantios young daughter Desdemona, Othello hopes this union will finally grant him the social acceptance that has been denied
him because of his skin color. When Othello selects the relatively inexperienced Michael Cassio over Iago to serve as his lieutenant (second-in-command), Iago is outraged. He seethes, "In
personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-cappd to him; and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place.
But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, Evades them, with a bumbast circumstance Horribly stuffd with epithets of war, And, in conclusion, Nonsuits my mediators;
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