The character of IagoThere is no doubt in «Othello» regarding the role that Shakespeare gave to Iago, he is the villain, skilled in deception and generates the most part of the evil in the work. The intelligent soldier, his incredible acting allows him to be two or three completely different people. Throughout most of the act the audience finds itself constantly searching for a reason for Iago's actions, but finds none that would justify what he is about to do. What seems to return again and again is his view of women who he sees as sexually predatory and a danger to his Machiavellian plans. Scene 1 gives us a good preview of what Iago will do for the rest of the act and ultimately the rest of the show. Our first vision of Iago is of a harsh, deceitful man who says "Sblood" as opposed to "Tush!" », we can already see his deception skills as he explains how he is even worse than Roderigo, his furious language: « An almost damned type in a beautiful wife » manages to convince the intellectual Roderigo who presents himself together with Cassio as opposed to Iago. They are educated, educated, quite wealthy and cannot imagine that there is anything as evil and unmotivated as Iago. Iago has not only lost his promotion but also his hero in Othello. We feel the irony in "not all of us can be masters, nor can all masters truly be followed" and we see that what Iago says he will do to Othello is what Roderigo is doing, he is manipulating him. In his speech he gets a little carried away by the fact that he hates the Moor, to the point that some parts are difficult to understand: "If I were the Moor, I wouldn't be Iago" which could mean that if he were the Moor he wouldn't like to be followed by Iago (himself) so we see that, although he may be exaggerating to justify taking more money from Roderigo, he actually hates Othello. We see how he likes to play the part of the villain and already we wonder why Roderigo can't see that Iago doesn't have enough motivation to do what he wants to do to Othello, we're not sure what he plans to do but we can say that he is. involves extreme suffering and possibly death. Here he also recognizes that he is not what he seems: "I am not what I am" which reinforces the impression we have had of him so far.