Iago

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1. Iago - Noun

2. Iago - Proper noun

Meaning

the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife

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Macbeth's self-justifications were feeble - and his conscience devoured him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb too. The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare's evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. Because they had no ideology. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask. Joan Didion

I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul. Kyle MacLachlan

20th century Photographic portrait of Paul Robeson as Othello by Carl Van Vechten The most notable American production may be Margaret Webster 's 1943 staging starring Paul Robeson as Othello and José Ferrer as Iago. Source: Internet

Act IV Iago plants the handkerchief in Cassio's lodgings, then tells Othello to watch Cassio's reactions while Iago questions him. Source: Internet

Act III Iago now persuades Othello to be suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona. Source: Internet

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