1. Explain your Interpretation of Lago's Character and Role
... the fact that he appears to modulate between various motives each time he explains them; at the beginning he claims to Roderigo that he is acting out of revenge for a lack of military recognition, to serve my turn upon [Othello]', which presents his view of the army simply as a power structure, a scaffold up which to claw his way in order to reach greater positions ... superiority over such men as the Valiant Othello', he manipulates the other characters, using their skills for his own purposes. This is exemplified by Roderigo's statement that Iago has "had my purse As if the strings we...
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