Iago's Monolouge

Iago's monolouge from the film Othello (1995), when he talks about his diabolical plan to ruin Cassio, Desdemona, and Othello by making Othello think that his wife (Desdemona) has been unfaithful to him.

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• othello
• shakespeare
• play
• iago
• desdemona
• kenneth
• brannagh
• lawrence
• fishburne
• tragedy
• monolouge
• drama
• acting
• script

[MegaFafnir]

"When devils will their blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows."

So true. The most dangerous and twisted villains are the ones the hero fails to notice at first.

[ravenouscolonelhart]

interesting that the villain of Shakespeare's first tragedy was a black guy (Aaron) who just was like "I'm evil bitch aha!" but later with the play Othello he reversed it totally and made the hero a black guy, and the villain a white guy with no real motivation. Whatever you might conclude, Shakespeare was much more open minded than his contemporaries.

[cynicallefty]

JESUS CHRIST...I've seen this play live, seen all the film versions, and I've heard completely uncut readings...but I've yet to hear anyone perform Iago as well as Branagh has.

[DamaniMusic]

Kenneth Branagh is brilliant! I'd love to see him cast as Macbeth. and Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Macbeth... that'd be awesome.

[dombriddon93]

im playing iargo in college hope i do well

[NightlanceX]

Not sure if anyone already said this, but this is a soliloquy, not a monologue, because he happens to be alone on the "stage." That aside, this villain is by far the most crafty Shakespeare ever created, he's just so good at manipulation!

[iago1779]

@TheRealShade I agree

[TheRealShade]

Iago is a badass.

[wokangoman]

@pacomonkey007 The thing that makes him the most sinister is that he uses people's virtues against them; instead of their flaws.

[ravenouscolonelhart]

@crabfight I agree entirely. If we define evil as causes of human suffering, it's just natural. Tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, droughts - nature just rapes us and kills us. The world is hostile to life, BUT not so much so that life can't exist. Life CAN exist, barely. There have been 6 mass extinctions in history, which killed more than 90% of life each time. A character like Iago, who just says EVIL in capital letters, is actually true to life.

[crabfight]

@nad1064

It's not his indignity at not being promoted. It's just what he CLAIMS to be his excuse for...irrationally hating "the Moor".

Great villains don't always need a true motive for their evil. They just are.

[nad1064]

aren't we iago sometimes? ...it's completely normal and natural for human beings to feel extreme jealousy and hatred toward their members if given a valid reason for such feelings....as in the case of Iago, the very first reason or the root of the problem we are given in the play is that he doesn’t get the promotion which he deserves in all respects , therefore, his actions in response to this is the reaction to rejection which I believe justifies his behavior.