(Kenneth Branagh as "Iago")
“Iago” ; c. 1601-1604 ; William Shakespeare
One of the earliest, most devious, “jealous” villains (or cool bad guys.)
Even though Iago ruins Othello’s life and inadvertently takes Desdemona’s, you cannot help but enjoy his intricate plotting, his witty dialogue, and his charismatic qualities; one can even make the case his character is more tragic than Othello: Iago loses a wife who actually loved and trusted him, despite his devious nature, and Othello, based on his personality and his rash actions, was doomed to future destruction without Iago's assistance.
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