"Othello" and the effects of revenge

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"Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion." - German Philosopher and 1952 Nobel Prize winner Albert Schweitzer Enter any shopping center in the United States and you are guaranteed to always find at least one store remotely dedicated to the topic of revenge. Most include a wide variety of "tools" used …

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…psychology in Shakespeare's work. Iago is definitely a character that struggles with his own identity as well as the basic struggle of good versus evil. Although at the beginning of the play Iago has his own reasons for exacting revenge upon his friend, he quickly loses sight of these reasons and seems to acquire alternative motives for causing problems, seemingly just causing trouble in the lives of his loved ones for the sport of it.