!!! Iago is this SUPER-EVIL MANIPULATIVE BASTARD in the VERY FAMOUS PLAY OTHELLO by SHAKESPEARE. (You have heard of him, right?) Basically, the main character Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago in the army. Because Iago is, you know, ev0l, instead of working harder he decides he's going to ruin Othello's very loving marriage to Desdemona. He knows he can do this because Othello has many faults, one of which is JEALOUSY; so he decides to trick Othello into believing Desdemona (who ADORES Othello) is sleeping with Cassio, Othello's lieutenant. He has the perfect opportunity when Cassio gets into trouble and Othello is angry at him; Desdemona, who is Cassio's friend, begs Othello to pardon Cassio because she knows that they are really very close friends. Iago seizes his opportunity and tells Othello that she is pleading for Cassio because she's sleeping with him. Othello believes him (eventually) and Othello begins to go MAD MAD MAD AHAHA!!!!!! With SIX exclamation marks. He's not just wearing his underpants on his head! Anyway, because Iago's very clever, his ploy is successful and Othello never doubts Iago- only Desdemona. It's very sad and there are lots of wonderful vicious speeches by Iago: "I'll pour ths pestilence in his ear, that she repeals him for her body's lust; and by how much she strives to do him good she shall undo her credit with the Moor. So will I turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmash them all."
Anyway, at the end of the play Othello is so mad and so hating Desdemona (because he loved her so much, which is another moral of the play) that he sends Iago to kill Cassio and then strangles Desdemona in their bedroom. When Iago enters with his wife Emilia there is a big dramatic Scene; then Iago stabs Emilia (who's been cheating on him) and runs away but is caught by the palace guard. Othello, overcome with remorse, kills himself beside Desdemona's corpse. Cassio, who Iago had failed to kill, is the only one left alive. It's all super-depressing.
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Date: 2004-09-23 11:20 pm (UTC)!!!
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Iago is this SUPER-EVIL MANIPULATIVE BASTARD in the VERY FAMOUS PLAY OTHELLO by SHAKESPEARE. (You have heard of him, right?) Basically, the main character Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago in the army. Because Iago is, you know, ev0l, instead of working harder he decides he's going to ruin Othello's very loving marriage to Desdemona. He knows he can do this because Othello has many faults, one of which is JEALOUSY; so he decides to trick Othello into believing Desdemona (who ADORES Othello) is sleeping with Cassio, Othello's lieutenant. He has the perfect opportunity when Cassio gets into trouble and Othello is angry at him; Desdemona, who is Cassio's friend, begs Othello to pardon Cassio because she knows that they are really very close friends. Iago seizes his opportunity and tells Othello that she is pleading for Cassio because she's sleeping with him. Othello believes him (eventually) and Othello begins to go MAD MAD MAD AHAHA!!!!!! With SIX exclamation marks. He's not just wearing his underpants on his head! Anyway, because Iago's very clever, his ploy is successful and Othello never doubts Iago- only Desdemona. It's very sad and there are lots of wonderful vicious speeches by Iago:
"I'll pour ths pestilence in his ear, that she repeals him for her body's lust; and by how much she strives to do him good she shall undo her credit with the Moor. So will I turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmash them all."
Anyway, at the end of the play Othello is so mad and so hating Desdemona (because he loved her so much, which is another moral of the play) that he sends Iago to kill Cassio and then strangles Desdemona in their bedroom. When Iago enters with his wife Emilia there is a big dramatic Scene; then Iago stabs Emilia (who's been cheating on him) and runs away but is caught by the palace guard. Othello, overcome with remorse, kills himself beside Desdemona's corpse. Cassio, who Iago had failed to kill, is the only one left alive. It's all super-depressing.
OMG what a massive comment. o.O