Iago in Othello, the Representative of the Extreme Humanity.

Iago in Othello--the Representative of the Extreme Humanity Many years ago, when Shakespeare's Othello was shown in one of the big theatres of London, an irritated military officer suddenly stood up from the auditorium, pulled out his pistol and shot at "Iago", who was performing on the stage, then the officer used the same pistol to kill himself. Both them died, and they were respectively chosen as "the greatest actor and the greatest audience" of …showed first 75 words of 2094 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2094 total…example has been shown to us. In fact everyone, both in this play and in reality, shares some similarity with him, so this evil character Iago should not be simply criticized, but be meditated and analyzed, giving some enlightenment. Bibliography Adamson, Jane. Othello as Tragedy: some problems of judgement and feeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Bloom, Harold. Iago. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1992. Dean, Leonard F. A Casebook on Othello. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1961