Thursday, 21 May 2009

• "Most honest Iago..."

  Yesterday, Matthew and i started reading Othello on the bus.
  well, Matt was reading and i was craning over his shoulder, so he decided to share his book with me.
  so considerate.

  What really irritates me is Iago.
  He's so cunning!
  So deceiving!
  So...villianous!
  And hurt.
  
  This i am basing on the principle of:
  Hurt people hurt people.
  i.e. when a person has been hurt, they are likely to hurt others.

  Iago obviously has a very pretty wife (a man such as himself would definitely not marry someone plain)
  and because of this he is jealous of her.
  He imagines that every other man has had intimate relations with her. how typical?
  i don't know yet if he has anything to base this on, i've only read up to the end of act 1.
  But another thing that i believe drives him onward in his own jealousy and crudeness is the fact that he himself is an adulterer. He views (and treats) sex (and women) as something base and vulgar. Guilt can kill people. Even when they aren't ready to admit it.
  
  Iago makes me sad. And mad.
  He needs Jesus.

  
  
  
   

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