Iago

For other uses, see Iago (disambiguation).

Iago
Othello character
Edwin Booth as Iago, c. 1870
Created byWilliam Shakespeare
In-universe information
AffiliationRepublic of Venice
SpouseEmilia

Iago (/iˈɑːɡoʊ/) is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a pernicious scheme to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio. With 1,097 lines, Iago has more lines in the play than Othello himself.

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