Does Shakespeare present Iago too sympathetically?I need ideas please for a 1500 word essay. Any comparisons would be good also. Cheers

My first responst to you would be to ask "Too
sympathetically as compared to what?' Shakespeare certainly does not let Iago off the
hook for any of his actions. I would argue, in fact, that Shakespeare does not present
Iago sympathetically at all. He portrays him quite realistically. The audience gets to
watch and particpate with Iago in his master plan to ruin Othello, becoming complicit to
his actions. Iago hangs himself with his own plans, and his ambition and arrogance
become his downfall. It seems clear that Iago does not believe that his own wife would
have the courage or the desire to frame him, but Emilia's devotion to Desdemona and to
the truth is what eventually get him caught in the end. But sympathy - I don't think
so.