"God buy you, take mine office. O wretched fool That lov’st to make thine honesty a vice! O monstrous world! Take note, take note, O world, To be direct and honest is not safe."
Iago is possibly the greatest villain of all time. Not only is he a manipulative liar, but I find myself rooting for him in his plan! In some grotesquely skewed way, I view Iago as the protagonist. He is a passionate soldier, angered at being passed over for a promotion he deserved. Othello was correct in Act III when he said that Iago understands human behavior. He reads motives and emotions so well that he can accomplish anything he wants to, outsmarting even his General. This made me think: is Iago perhaps a better leader than Othello? He is certainly smarter and more driven. He has military experience, and is cunning and sly. It is my opinion that if he ends up taking over the army, he will be extremely successful. But before that can happen, he must kill off his opponents....
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