In Which...

...a girl posts several "tweethis" statements in the hopes that she will finally have a direction for her paper.

- Jung's theory of the unconscious and its contentious attitudes reflects well the way in which Shakespeare's love of disguises in his characters and even more specifically in Iago's character who jumps from character to character to fit his motivations.

- Iago's change in character and ability to appease everyone he talks to is directly relateable to others of Shakespeare's characters who easily don disguises to fool their peers.

-Shakespeare's repetitive use of disguises across his plays and also Iago's character who dons figurative disguises, creates a philosophical puzzle in which the depth of character can be defined not by the true identity but by the disguises themselves which arguably serve to define the character more appropriately than his name and true face alone.
              -interestingly on this point-the face changes with every actor, so the question of what defines a character could lie either within or without the text.

Nostalgia

Social learning has been a big part of our research "project" (if you will) and so I took the time to get into contact with my English teacher from my senior year of High School.  She has taught a unit on the play Othello for I don't know how many years and she was eager to offer further insight into what I am currently researching as regards Shakespeare's play.  She was as fascinated as I was with Iago's character.  She has always been a great appreciator of the ideal villain and Iago is a choice character in that regard.  I am still in the process of sorting through the thoughts she communicated to me and I have found many of them helpful as well as directing.  Iago is a man of winding motivations all revolving around one man, Othello, and he steps on people as he climbs closer to his goal and closer to the moor.  He uses everyone around him as disguises almost, just as characters in other of Shakespeare's plays have used actual disguises to fool those around them.