Discuss Iago’s motivation. What drives him to do what he does? Why does he continually discuss his motivation in soliloquies? Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said that in Iago’s soliloquies we see the “motive hunting of motiveless malignity.” Is he right? You will want to review the lecture on Rene Girard in the learning module.
Choose one of the essay topics below and write a four to five page essay on it, using the texts to support your argument. Be sure to have a thesis that you are proving about the text(s). Also be sure to follow the proper MLA format for quoting and citing texts. You need to be sure to quote the original Shakespearean languafktge if you write about Othello.