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Edmund Lacks The Ill Will In Othello

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In Act 1 scene 2 Edmund is depicted as a villain without a conscience, greedly driven to secure his own needs. In Othello, Iago acts without a particular intention, who Edmund can be compared to; however Edmund lacks the ill will. The difference between Edmund and Iago is that Edmund has solid economic and emotional reasons for his actions. I believe Edmund's actions reveal a desire for personal revenge. The superior attitude with which Gloucester dismisses Edmund's ancestry further reinforces the distinctions between Edmund and Edgar. Where Edgar is entitled to his father's name, his title, and his wealth, Edmund is entitled to nothing but the coarse humour that followed his conception. Gloucester overlooks any possibility that his youngest

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