Essay #1: Character Analysis

In the world there are different people that enjoy doing harm and this is the case of Iago. Not only is doing evil to those who have done some harm to us or that simply we just don't like him. Is doing harm to anyone not mattering who it is, nor why, just doing harm to enjoy themselves. Iago is an example of this type of people that enjoy doing harm to others, and they rejoice, and they are proud of his talent towards doing evil. He is a very sleek and intelligent man to realize there evil planes.
To begin describing Iago and why I sustained the theory that he is a man that enjoined doing evil, we may begin by talking about the way he treats others. For example we have his wife, Emilia. She was faithful women, loving, and serving of her husband and he treats her meanly, and insultingly and only when convenient would he treat her with fake love. In the other hand, Roderigo who was supposedly his friend used him as much as he could to achieve his mean planes. He made him sell his possessions making him believe that he will have Desdemona and Iago took the money for himself. He made him help in his planes to destroy Cassio and at the end he took his life away. Roderigo had done no harm to him. Iago simply used him and enjoyed while doing it. Like he said, “For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane, if I would time expend with such a snipe. But for my sport and profit."
Continuing with Cassio, against Cassio he suffered from envy which has harming him more and more because Othello had named him lieutenant instead of him. But Cassio had no fault of that. Even though he took it against him and humiliate in front of Othello and made Othello fire him. Not happy with this he made Othello believe that Cassio and his wife Desdemona were lovers. Everything he did was planed and with all the meanness of his heart, rejoicing in his talent to do evil. By his word "I'll have our Michael Cassio on the hip, Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb-- For I fear Cassio with my night-cap too-- Make the Moor thank me, love me and reward me."
In Desdemona's case he committed a great injustice. He put her indirectly like only he new how to handle his wickedness, her image was put before Othello's eyes as if she was a prostitute. He made that the love that he felt for her was block by the pain and would blind him until he would accomplish to kill her. He didn't feel regret and he was the one that suggested Othello how to kill her. She was not guilty of anything but Iago enjoyed doing evil things. He made that Othello's jealousy and doubts increase towards his wife and said to him "Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio". He felt grudge against Othello because he didn't name him lieutenant, but even though he made him believe that he has his best ally and adviser. Only one black soul like his could plane that Iago has planed and did. Like he said at the beginning "I follow him to serve my turn upon him: We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly follow'd." "In following him, I follow but myself; heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, but seeming so, for my peculiar end: for when my outward action doth demonstrate the native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, 'tis not long after but I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at: I am not what I am”. And also told Roderigo "Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him: if thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport".
What more proof that he enjoys and entertain himself by doing evil, that his every action is wicked. He was a calculating, cold, spiteful man. Without a doubt in that character (Iago) Shakespeare created the worst villain and the most manipulating of all times.