Othello is considered to be the most tragic of Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare plays out a tale of a self-delusional villain that has declared revenge on Othello. Othello is the main character of the play, a general of the army with the status and respect of everyone, even though his race is African and Africans are usually looked down on. For Iago, our delusional viollan, to carry out his plan of revenge, he must infiltrate …showed first 75 words of 1666 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1666 total…that he should have gone to the point Iago went to. Not one single of the motivating factors that could have caused him to cause the deaths of 4 people, but it seems that together they may have been the driving force behind Iago. After analyzing all Iago’s various motivations and attitudes towards other characters, it is clear that there is not one motivating factor but in reality a combination of jealousy, self-delusion and anger.