Iago's Motivation
Date Submitted: 10/04/2004 06:52:24
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1252 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1252 words)
Iago's Motivation
Iago is a 'moral pyromaniac.' Harold C. Goddard writes that Iago
consciously and unconsciously seeks to destroy the lives of others, especially
others with high moral standards (Goddard 76). However, Iago is more than
just a 'moral pyromaniac,' he is a moral pyromaniac whose fire is fueled by
pure hatred. He is a hungry powermonger whose appetite for destruction can
only be satisfied after he has chewed up and spat out the …
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may even enjoy his punishment: torture. Iago's motivation is not a motivation
at all, it is a disease; a disease that can only be cured in Hell. As long as Iago
exists on earth, there will always be another house to burn, another life to
inflame.
Works Cited
Goddard, Harold C. The Meaning of Shakespear. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1960. 75-76.
Ridley, M. R. Othello. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. lx-lxiii.
Shakespeare, William. Othello. New
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