So the question stands, why did Iago ruin the lives of everyone in the Shakespearean play Othello? The answer: He's in love with Othello.
Here's why:
b. He encourages Othello to kill his wife, Desdemona
c. He kills Roderigo to keep Othello on his side. Maybe he wants to get to Othello to love him without Othello hating him, I mean it makes sense.
Honestly, you could take infinite pieces of the play and use it as evidence, but that seems like overkill. Hopefully this opened your eyes to the truth, if not, there might be a sequel to this argument.
Here's why:
- Back then, being attracted to the same sex was not the best option. So, why not conform and pretend the real reason behind your actions is that everyone is sleeping with the wife you hate?
- He hates his wife, I think I mentioned that.
- He proves his sexism by saying to Desdemona and Emilia that they "rise to play, and go to bed to work" (II.I. 128). Um, excuse me?
- I also recall him being jealous of Cassio's looks, mentioning that Cassio "hath a daily beauty in his life that makes me ugly" (IV. I. 19-20) Perhaps he doesn't want competition?
- Shakespeare was rumored to have a male lover, it's possible that Iago is a representation of himself. To go more in depth, maybe he viewed his own feelings wrong (because of how it was viewed back then) and is why he portrayed Iago as evil.
- If he hates Othello so much, why doesn't he just kill Othello and get an even higher rank than the one he wants to steal from Cassio? There's really no reason...except that he doesn't want to hurt Othello.
- On that note, Iago never actually purposely hurts Othello.
b. He encourages Othello to kill his wife, Desdemona
c. He kills Roderigo to keep Othello on his side. Maybe he wants to get to Othello to love him without Othello hating him, I mean it makes sense.
Honestly, you could take infinite pieces of the play and use it as evidence, but that seems like overkill. Hopefully this opened your eyes to the truth, if not, there might be a sequel to this argument.