Shakespeare’s Sociopath It would be comforting to live in a world where everyone, even the evil, had a sense of goodness deep within, but unfortunately this is not the case. For sociopaths especially, it’s quite the opposite. Iago, the devil behind all evil in William Shakespeare’s play Othello, also ironically known as “honest Iago” by other characters, is possibly one of the most notorious and dangerous villains known to man. As his plans develop in front of us, no matter how baffling, we watch
IAGO...A Most Infamous Sociopath The world of William Shakespeare was one of mystery and fear. Much about the stars, the Earth and the creatures that inhabit it was unknown. When good things happened, the cause was God’s grace; when bad things happened, or when people acted badly, the cause must surely then be the Devil. Some Shakespearean scholars theorize that in the epic tragedy “Othello”, the villain Iago, may actually be Satan represented in human form. Surely, that is not the case. Clearly
In the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Shakespeare shows his ability to use the literary tools at his disposal in a masterful way. He uses a Sociopathic character, such as Hamlet, to not only play to his strength as one who can write some of the most timeless tragedies, but also to teach us the lesson he is trying to get across, the lesson that when you let your emotions consume you, nobody wins. Not only does he use his character Hamlet as a warning, but he uses all of his characters