Reading Othello was somewhat difficult at first. The old English was hard to understand, but once I got into the story I really enjoyed it. It amazed me how manipulative and conniving Iago was. He was truly a puppet master controlling the actions of everyone around him. The way he orchestrated his whole plan to get back at Cassio was quite impressive. It was frustrating to watch each character fall into his trap. They all had such trust in him and even if someone questioned what he was saying he always had a response prepared. Even the way he talked to each character was well executed. For example, he didn’t just tell Othello that his wife was cheating on him; Iago planted thoughts of jealousy into Othello’s head and had him come up with the idea of cheating on his own.
It annoyed me how Iago’s wife Emilia did not find out why he wanted the handkerchief. The placement of the handkerchief was the last piece of evidence Othello used to confirm that his wife was cheating on him. If Emilia had possibly spoken up that her husband had taken it then Desdemona may have not been killed. Reading the truth come out at the end of the play was saddening. The fact that one man’s words and actions created so much chaos and two deaths was very unfortunate and made me wish that they had thought twice before listening to Iago.
I completely agree. I also really liked how you refered to Iago as a puppet master... because that's exactly what he was. I also was frustrated with how every character fell into his trap, reading a Othello was like watching a highly predictable scary movie. The whole time I just wanted to yell "Don't listen to Iago!" but you sort of know they are gunna do it anyway.
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