... iago and how the audience perceive and interpret it in different ways? Iago is a character who can come across as a comical figure in the way he makes sexual and racist jokes, but when uncovered reveals a very sinister personality. The only possible humour, which is embedded in his character, is his wicked, self-aware sense of irony and pornographic wordplay, which tarnishes ... by Othello, yet the power of one man's unreadable deceit can contribute to his downfall. Iago later reveals himself as a misogynist in the appalling references he makes about women. He jokes about his perfect wo...

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