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The Moor Built Up at Iago’s Expense
Times 4/64
There have been few great Othellos in recent stage history. ... But in general postwar productions of the tragedy have centered on Iago and relegated the Moor to second position as a massively vulnerable dupe. ... Leavis’s assessment of Iago as “not much more than a necessary piece of dramatic mechanism”: less a character in himself than the embodiment of a concealed element in Othello’s own nature. ... Iago is not merely on the level of a tempter in a miracle play: the part plainly exists in is own right, enigmatic perhaps, but freed with a personal vitality which keeps the riddle of his villainy a permanently open question. ... When all Othello’s resistance has gone, Iago clings about his neck—almost with the embrace of a succubus—pouring poison into his ear in tones of satanic lullaby.
Approximate Word count = 729
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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