Book 75: Othello

This is probably my second favourite Shakespeare play (which isn't saying too much because I've only read 4. My favourite is Julius Caesar). Iago gets a bad rep for being a bad villain but I think he's really quite brilliant. I have similar feelings for him as I do Faustus. Faustus just wanted a friend when he felt alone and same goes for Iago. He has just had his whole life ripped out from under him by Othello appointing that jerk Cassio as his second in command instead of Iago and Iago just wanted to show Othello what it was like by making him think his wife hates him and getting him replaced by said jerk.

Ignoring my character preference and the fact that somewhere in that paragraph is a thesis for my next essay I really do love this play and because of that it gets 10 magic handkerchiefs out of 10.  Such a good villain.