Iago

Question 1

Iagos motive: Othello supposedly slept with Emilia

Answer 1

‘Till I am evened with him, wife for wife’ A2S1

Question 2

Iago motive: in love with Desdemona

Answer 2

‘I do love her too, not out of absolute lust’ A2S1

Question 3

Iago motive: loving Othello, jealous of Desdemona

Answer 3

‘Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me’
However love and loyalty used interchangeably at the time, he wants Othello to bow down to him

Question 4

Queer Iago: a Brief History by Jonathan Crewe (meta analysis type article recent)

Answer 4

‘A latent homosexual’
‘Woman-hating male homosexual as a trans historical character type’

Question 5

Othello: the Tragedy of Iago by Martin Waugh (1950)

Answer 5

‘By arousing jealousy in Othello, Iago frees himself of the burden of his own jealousy and prevents awareness of his homosexual wishes’.
‘Freud’s criteria of delusional jealousy are applied to Iago’s behaviour’

Question 6

Machiavellian Villain- motiveless malignancy (Coleridge)

Answer 6

‘demand me nothing;what you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word.’ A5S2 Iago won’t say his motives

Question 7

Roderigo becoming wary of Iagos true intentions

Answer 7

‘O damned Iago! O inhuman dog!’ A5S1

Question 8

Sexist views which he proclaims in the presence of his faithful, dutiful wife

Answer 8

‘’You rise to play and go to bed to work’ A2S1