Iago: "Motiveless malignity" or diabolic intellectual
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2010
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“Evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago” (Bradley, 1951, p. 206). Even a casual reading, or viewing, of Shakespeare’s plays will show that Iago is indeed Shakespeare’s most evil character. How realistic is such a portrayal? Can such a being exist in the “real” world?
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Iago (Fictional character), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Criticism and interpretation