Iago
from Othello
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
And what's he then that says I play the villain,
When this advice is free I give, and honest,
Probal to thinking, and indeed the course
To win the Moor again? For ‘tis most easy
Th' inclining Desdemona to subdue
In any honest suit; she's fram'd as fruitful
As the…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Author(s)
Character Name
Iago
Source Title
Othello
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act 1
Setting
Othello is set against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and Turkey that raged in the latter part of the 16th century. Cyprus, which is the setting for most of the action, was a Venetian outpost attacked by the Turks in 1570.
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
30s - LATE
40s - EARLY
40s - LATE
Race / Ethnicity
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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