Thursday, February 14, 2008
Iago the Devil?
After much thinking, I have decided that if i were to produce the play Othello, I would adapt the play so that Iago would be the devil. He is a unique villain in Shakespeare's plays. He does not have any real reason for his diabolical actions. It's pure evil. In addition, Iago does not do any direct actions of evil. He merely uses others around him as his pawns, to do his evil work for him by means of inducing temptation and suggestive speeches. This is historically accurate to traits the devil has shown both in the Bible and other works. I think that this would be an interesting take on the play.
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I nominate this post for blog of the week because of the idea behind it. I didn't think that Iago could literally be the devil until Chris brought it up in class, and I think the new-ness of the concept is interesting.
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