Iago Not Everything Essay

In Act One Scene one lines 43-67, we have a good example of how not everything is what it seems. First, we can see it in how he talks, sentence structure and line length. Next, we can see what kind of man he is under the spotlight depending on his choice of poison, words. Lastly, when and where this evidence came from and why all of this has come up. Iago is not what it seems and here is exactly why. Everyone says that Iago is a very honest and intelligent man and can be trusted with anything, but is this all true or just a tall tale of sand? First let’s start with the intelligence, the choice of his poison or rather in simple terms, words, are those of: knaves, provender, homage, and many more exotic word choices. That points out that he …show more content…
First of all, the way that he talks in this speech is very broken up. His sentences should follow a beat like a heart, but they fail to do this and are erratic varying in length from ten to twelve syllables per line. This shows a piece of his soul that would not be noticed normally the irregular, psychotic side of him. How you may ask, well it is fairly simple if you were to have a heart that follows no pattern, you would not be alive, at least not completely, so the same goes for the lines. In other words, his head is not all there he is kind of dead up there making thoughts scattered and …show more content…
The characteristics for a trickster would be any person who will push any or all buttons to get their way. Iago is one of these evil creatures, because he repeats over and over that anyone who does something nice for someone expecting nothing in return are going to die or lose, because only those who work only for money and not for friends will get anywhere. Also, by reading through his speech the various ways he talks about others points heavily to someone who would take advantage of you if it benefited him. Therefore, Iago is a