“Iago manipulates the whole plot of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’”. Do you agree?

How peculiar we humans are - while striving for happiness and positive feelings we extract arguably the strongest emotions from the genre of tragedy . But I believe this is not a contradiction because the main concern of man is another human being and few of us could witness suffering of our fellows without deep condolence . Constituting an eternal and essential part of human life , tragedy as a genre has its all-time grandees among which William Shakespeare is probably the most widely acknowledged master . His heroes have been known for centuries but still they

do not lose realism even in our time . What makes Shakespeare`s heroes so unforgettable ? I guess it is their accented human qualities , both positive and negative , as Shakespeare shows the intricacy of human soul and so complex emotional experiences that a reader is glued to his works . In this regard , Shakespearean "Othello " is one of the most vivid examples of a powerful talent of the author in creation of characters whose personalities concentrate in them the essence of different human virtues and vices , as if serving as magnifying lenses through which we can better recognise different human qualities . Othello and Iago , the main heroes of the play , represent respectively the human vices of blind jealousy and human wickedness , the roots of which is hard to fully explain . But of course Othello and Iago are much more complex personages who entwine the mentioned qualities into a rich and complex canvas of the human soul . For instance , Iago , as the exemplification of evil working around us , is ever more frightening as a personage because of his apparent omniscience and omnipotence in terms of his ability to intrude into lives of people and manipulate them according to his vicious plans . In this regard , let us overview the character of Iago more closely and try to find out whether and to what degree he manipulates the plot of Shakespeare 's "Othello

Of course , the main protagonist of the play is Moor Othello , the eloquent and respected army general , and the main action of the play is concentrated on a terrible manipulation from the side of Iago , who manages to take control of Othello`s mind , and transform the love of Othello for his wife Desdemona into a deadly jealousy . For the most part of the play Othello is absent from the action that revolves around him and such a position of Othello as a kind of outsider in the play , even despite his honoured position , is one of the causes why he is so easily manipulated by Iago . The disconnection of Othello from the surrounding goings-on makes him unable to understand what is really happening around , and thus blind to the things which are evident for the audience for example that between Cassio and Desdemona no affection is present On the contrary , Iago possesses the full control of the stage , and therefore of Othello and other characters of the play . His ability to manipulate events and moods of people is so great that...