Grow a Backbone Man.

As stated above (or below, I really don’t know what order I am going to post these), my favorite main character was Emilia, but as in all of Shakespeare’s plays, many minor characters hold substantial roles as well. The debilitated Rodrigo was my favorite background character because he was dead long before Iago stabbed him (or at least that’s what I remember from the play…). Even though Rodrigo was physically living, I think that as soon as Iago started “advising” him on how to “win Desdemona’s heart,” Rodrigo stopped living emotionally and mentally. Iago fed on Rodrigo’s ingenuous personality and had him entwined around his finger and could make him do a back flip with the snap of his fingers, and I truly felt bad for him but also feel that he got what he deserved in the end. The man sold all his land, gave up all his money, and emigrated just because Iago recommended it. Not gonna lie, I know tons and tons of people who are either manipulating Iagos or lugubrious Rodrigo’s, and this kind of “friendship” goes on all throughout our school, and its simply pathetic. Not to digress from Othello, but this situation is not completely rare at all. Because I have had so many experiences with this kind of situation, I feel like Rodrigo became my favorite character because I pitied him, and hated him at the same time. I have two opinions about him; firstly, I understand that his heart clouded his better judgment, but come on, no one is that pathetic and gullible to obliterate their lives just to chase after one person, and next that he does not have a backbone. I acknowledge the fact that everything that I have to say about him is negative, but I liked him so much because I was always interested in what he had to say and what he was going to do next, even if it put me in an enervated state of mind. Poor, hackneyed Rodrigo was physically, mentally, emotionally and financially drained.