Iago’s Justice In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, there lurks an evil that far is surpasses the darkness of the devil, it lies in the antagonist Iago. Othello who passes Iago up for a promotion simply because Iago is not a arithmetician, swears to take his revenge and destroy the moor and every thing Othello holds dear. Through this Iago plays judge, jury, and executioner, but is Iago’s justice justified or does his …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…before the blood of the innocent is shed. Revenge by hurting and condemning the innocent while in pursuit of personal gain is never justified. Although Iago’s anger towards Othello may have been, Iago’s justice crosses the line. All barriers that separate the human race from man and animal have been broken down. For Iago to decide the fate of so many innocent in pursuit of hurting Othello makes him no different than Satan.