The SerpentMahatma Gandhi explains the destruction of revenge: “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. ". (IC: “Quote.”) “An eye for an eye” is a metaphor for revenge. This means that if something is stolen, it must be returned. In this case, the stolen items are eyes. The second part "makes the whole world blind" means that revenge will not solve the problem. Instead, it creates problems. In Othello, the evil Iago manipulates Othello into ruining his own life in the name of revenge. He tells Othello that his wife, Desdemona, is cheating on him. He repeatedly presents false evidence to Othello until he is convinced. Othello is so angry that he murders his own wife, who has done nothing wrong. It was only after her death that Desdemona was proven innocent. In immense guilt, Othello commits suicide. Iago finally gets his revenge. The character Iago, in Shakespeare's Othello, goes from being manipulative and subtly controlling people to ruin Cassio's career to being cunning and malicious by outright destroying Othello's career, lover and life with violent deaths. In Othello, Iago is a manipulative person in Act 1. He manages to convince Roderigo to sell all his lands instead of committing suicide. In Act 1 Scene 3, Roderigo is very upset because Othello and Desdemona are still together. There was hope when Montano found out about their marriage; nevertheless, the two remained married. (IC; CA, IC) Roderigo loves Desdemona and seeing her with Othello makes him want to die. Iago pulls the strings of Roderigo's puppet and saves him money instead. He convinces Roderigo that Desdemona is the kind of girl who would marry a man for money; thus, he should save all the money he can. (IC; CA, IC) So she'll love...... middle of paper...... are both dead. In a way, they are both blind. Through Othello, Shakespeare attempts to teach his readers a lesson about human nature. Even if the need for revenge is great among humans, revenge is no less destructive. (DC, IC) The need for revenge is demonstrated through Iago, who is immersed in blind hatred and obsessed with taking revenge on Othello. He only stopped when he succeeded. The destruction of revenge is demonstrated through the outcomes of Othello and Iago. Othello is driven to take his own life and commits suicide. He will never know why he was deceived. He lost his wife, his career and his life. Likewise, Iago throws everything to take revenge on Othello. He also lost his wife and his career. The only thing left is life. Sometimes life isn't always better than death. A life lived is better than a life tortured.Works CitedShakespeareOthello