why did Shakespeare write that so much?
The amount of times I heard/read the word ‘villain’ or ‘villainy’ in Act V was insane. The word “villain” appears 36 times in the entirety of Othello. That stood out to me because there is normally one villain in a story, but in Othello it is difficult to tell whether Iago or Othello is the villain. Where Othello killed his wife, Iago manipulates Othello into doing it, so who is the villain? Is this an exception where there are multiple villains? That question was marinating in my head as I watched Disenchanted with my mom yesterday for our “25 movies of Christmas.” Turns out, the whole plot of Disenchanted (sorta) is the battle between which “villain character” is the true, sole villain. ‘Disenchanted’ and Othello both explore the idea of having more than one villain, or having two villainous characters– which goes against the typical storyline of only having one villain. In my opinion having multiple villains in a story is more accurate to real life. You aren’t going to g...