Iago

[ ee-ah-goh ]

noun

1. the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.

Iago

1. The treacherous villain in the play Othello, by William Shakespeare . As adviser to Othello, a general of Venice , Iago lies to his master and eventually drives him to murder his wife.

Example Sentences

The portrayal remains with me to this day, and seeing Page become Iago again reminded me just how magnetic a Shakespearean he is — and why “All the Devils Are Here” is the best one-person show I’ve come across during the pandemic.

From Washington Post

For instance, Iago declares in Othello that, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”

From The Daily Beast

She is helplessly oblivious to what is going on between Iago and Othello.

From The Daily Beast

In 2009, he played Iago, opposite John Ortiz as Othello, at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

From The Daily Beast

Iago is such a transfixing portrait of evil exactly because his motives are forever murky.

From The Daily Beast

JI: There is a sort of Iago—someone who is up to some real trouble making—in the book.

From The Daily Beast

He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he slept, brokenly, waking at intervals to mutter "Damn it——" and to think of her again where she lay, far up Glyn Iago.

From Project Gutenberg

I'm like Iago: 'from this time forth I never will speak word!'

From Project Gutenberg

The advice of Iago, strangely sanctified, clamoured in her heart—' Put money in thy purse.'

From Project Gutenberg

It is thus that we see spring up, grow, and come to maturity under our eyes, the curiosity of Oedipus and the jealousy of Iago.

From Project Gutenberg