"Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. / From this time forthI never will speak word." (V.ii.302-303)
#thatawkwardmoment when you have a chance to redeem yourself or at least explain yourself and you don't. Oh, Iago. You're an idiot. Othello literally offered you a chance to explain yourself and possibly save yourself from countless hours of torture at Cassio's vengeful hands, and you said nothing.
As I've stated before, I don't like Iago. Not only because he's a total jerk, but because he isn't relatable. He doesn't offer the audience any chance to pity him because he won't tell us the real reason he does anything. Yes, he's offered various motives for his follies: wants Cassio's job, Othello might have slept with his wife, blah blah blah. These would at the very least be valid, lasting motives, but no. Iago can't stop his plotting and scheming when the solutions of those motives comes to fruition. Honestly, I think Iago is just plain bad. He is one of those villians who doesn't need a reason. He reminds me of the Joker who always tells a different story about how he got the scars on his face in the form of a smile. Each story is equally believable, but each is also denied by the next story. Iago and the Joker just hurt people because they can. Their motivation is probably rooted in childhood deprivation or internal dissatisfaction with themselves. Again, no pity. Sorry boutcha.
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