In Iago, Shakespeare has Created an Engaging and Complex Villain who Governs the Actions of the Play. Discuss

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It is this self assured lying and disguising of his own identity that links him to the Machiavel, combined with the scheming and manipulation that he performs, keeping the audience informed of his dirty tricks in his soliloquies lest we should miss his ill doings...
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His conformation with the Machiavel stock character meant the 17th audience would have immediately picked up his intentions and would follow closely to see how this particular evil manifested itself. His conformation to the mould of an established villain also comes with the close ties Shakespeare makes with hell...
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