Othello: Antagonist

        In Shakespeare's play, Othello, the main character is depicted as the stereotypical gentleman.  He is kind, honest, trustworthy, and brave.  Iago is the opposite force of Othello.  He is very evil.  Some of his personality traits include, manipulation, hypocrisy, and just pure evil.  He is constantly manipulating many people at once to achieve his several goals.  In the end his main goal and ending point are making Othello's life very difficult and painful.  At the end of Act I Iago reveals to the audience his plans.  At this point he has decided to "abuse Othello's ear" (I. iii. 375) or manipulate him to believe everything Iago says.  So far, Iago has been successful in this first endeavor.