Othello

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"The character of Iago in Shakespeare's Othello has been much debated. The most common view is that since he is jealous of Othello and hates him, Iago plots revenge. And yet it is not necessarily clear that his own statements are meant to be taken at face value.
As a villain, Iago has several precursors in English literature. In particular, he appears to derive from the archetypical Vice of early Elizabethan morality plays. What sets him apart, however, are the endowments of genuine character that he displays--including charm, wit, and especially reasonable motives. In this last regard, Iago is unique, for the Vice of the religious plays was an abstract personification of evil and disorder who delighted in mayhem for its own sake.

In drawing Iago, however, Shakespeare is careful to give him (...)"

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