Iago
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Iago () is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a pernicious scheme to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio. With 1,097 lines, Iago has more lines in the play than Othello himself.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Iago
- Character.series
- Othello
- Character.image
- Edwin Booth as Iago.jpg
- Character.caption
- Edwin Booth as Iago, c. 1870
- Character.creator
- William Shakespeare
- Character.affiliation
- Republic of Venice
- Character.spouse
- Emilia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Emilia
- Creator
- William Shakespeare
- Performer
- Rory Kinnear
- Image
- Henri Albers as Iago in Otello.jpg
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- present in work
- Othello
- Commons category
- Iago (character)
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- name in native language
- Iago
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