This Presentation Aims to Prove Iago an ideal villain character.

2. Sanjida Sultana-15116015
Nithora Muntakim Mittra-
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Mr. Saimum Rahman Prattay
Lecturer
Dept. of English

5. AIM:
LET’S
EXLPORE
COIN’S
BOTH
SIDE

6. Portrayal of Villain
Shakespeare’s Villain
Iago as a Villain
Ideal Villain
Comparison with others
Evaluation
Outline

7. A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a
historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The
villain is a antagonist who tends to have a negative
effect on other characters. A female villain is
occasionally called a villainess

8. Portrayal of
Villain
Breaks the
convention
Satirizes
human
follies
Makes
the Hero
authentic
*** Villain exits everywhere….

9. Shakespeare’s
Villain:
Brutal
Jealous
Greedy
Strong
Intellect
Emotionless
Savage
Why we still feel pity for most of them?

10. • He spends the course of the play relentlessly plotting Othello’s
downfall.
• Wants Othello’s destruction and accomplishes this by planting the
seed of jealousy in Othello’s mind.
• Iago constructs a web of lies to make Othello believe in Desdemona’s
sexual infidelity.
• Enraged by jealousy, Othello eventually murders Desdemona and
then kills himself.
• Although Iago’s schemes are eventually revealed and he is sentenced
to execution, it is too little, too late, as his plans have already reached
their disastrous conclusion.
Iago as a Villain:

11. Ideal Villain:
Joker- The Dark Knight
The villain needs more power
His motivation
Nihilism- the rejection of all religion
& belief that life is meaningless.
One step ahead than the hero.
Finally wins because of the entire
system
Absolute realism.

13. • Tamora – Titus Andronicus.
• Angelo – Measure for Measure.
• Richard III – Richard III.
• Goneril and Regan – King Lear.
• Lady Macbeth – Macbeth.
• Claudius – Hamlet.
• Iago – Othello
Comparison:

14. Evaluation:
Good Sides:
Mirror ourselves
Reality of the World
Pity and Fear Works
Negative Sides:
Lacks Poetic Justice
Machiavellian Hero