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** The aforementioned is just one of a number of proposed motives for Iago, since he offers several different ones in the course of the play; theories go so far as to suggest that he is [[Satan]] himself.
** There's also Desdemona herself - [[The Ingenue|an innocent, young woman]] straying into [[Purity Sue]] territory or just [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]? Remember that she did manage to "seel her father's eyes" and elope with Othello amongst other not so innocent acts.
** Hell, critics can't even agree on Othello's ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130130075940/http://www.britaininprint.net/shakespeare/study_tools/race.html colour.]''
* [[Complete Monster]]: How many view Iago. It's plausible, seeing as he manipulates the others towards their disgrace/doom without a shred of remors, and confesses he does so [[It Amused Me|for no real reason.]]
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Modern productions tend to be more sympathetic towards Iago, perhaps [[Misaimed Fandom|overly so]]. The fact that he was once played by Kenneth Branagh--and more recently by Ewan McGregor--doesn't help.