Iago's motivatn Othello is unclear. Is he gay, and therefore jealo? Get the story.
Contents:
- PERSPECTIV ON SHAKPEARE: IS IAGO GAY IN OTHELLO? ARE LOVE & HOMOSEXUALY THE UNRLYG DRIVG FORC IN THE BARD’S PLAY?
- IS IAGO GAY OTHELLO
- WAS IAGO GAY? A RELOOK AT “OTHELLO’S” IAGO
PERSPECTIV ON SHAKPEARE: IS IAGO GAY IN OTHELLO? ARE LOVE & HOMOSEXUALY THE UNRLYG DRIVG FORC IN THE BARD’S PLAY?
Perspectiv On Shakpeare: Is Iago Gay In Othello? Are Love & Homosexualy The Unrlyg Drivg Forc In The Bard’s Play? Is he gay, and love wh the Moor, and therefore jealo of Othello's relatnship wh Dmona?
IS IAGO GAY? Homosexualy is a theme both hted at and explicly referenced wh the story.
IS IAGO GAY OTHELLO
Is Iago gay, and motivated by jealoy, or do he simply enjoy beg malevolent? One such terpretatn wh the analysis is that Iago is motivated by jealoy of Othello’s love for Dmona, and is madned by a reprsed homosexual sire. When he rms Othello that he “lay wh Cass lately”, we wonr whether this is as soldiers the barracks adjacent beds, or as gay lovers.
WAS IAGO GAY? A RELOOK AT “OTHELLO’S” IAGO
Iago’s supposed gay attractn to both Othello and Cass is given addnal weight by the difference and ntempt wh which he regards his wife Eia, and ed women general wh the play— a ponent of Iago’s psychologilly twisted personaly and dark cynicism. His hardre misogyny be a sprgboard for assumptns of a latent homosexualy, although this self is ls nclive, as equally, the play’s heterosexual men also show ntempt for femal.
IAGO GAY IN OTHELLO PRODUCTIONS. In 1938 at London's Old Vic, Lrence Olivier played Iago as gay, as did David Suchet for the Royal Shakpeare Company 1985, and Sir Ian McKellen 1989.