User blog comment:Ordeaux26/Pure Evil Proposal - Iago (Othello)/@comment-30634893-20191111110003

Iago's probably one of the finest and earliest examples of an enigmatic villain out there; in that, to this day, we still have almost no idea what his motives were. Although, if I'm being honest, I'd like to bet on the idea that he's just a sadist who causes misery for fun. After all, even after he gets Cassio's position, he just keeps going with his plans and continues to destroy Othello's reputation and happy marriage until he smothers Desdemona and subsequently kills himself. Oh yeah, and he remorselessly stabs his wife once she reveals what he's done. And he murdered Rodrigo once he outlived his usefulness. And he had Cassio nearly killed, too.

Yeah, easy yes.