Othello Essay -- Iago's Personality
Emily Moler AP English Literature Sargent October 13, 2011 Facets of a Sociopath For every hero there is a villain; from Hannibal Lector (Red Dragon) to Claudius (Hamlet), or Don Juan (El Burlador de Sevilla) to Mr. Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), villains have been essential to any novel regardless of the time it was penned; and William Shakespeare's Othello is no exception to this rule. Othello recounts the story of a newlywed couple, Othello and Desdemona, whose marriage and lives are torn apart by Iago, the jealous villain.