Othello presents the timeless battle of good versus evil. The sinister Iago is pitted against Othello, a man of honor. Yet Othello "loved not wisely, but too well," perhaps his tragic flaw. Iago, the classic Shakespearan antaganist, manipulated Othello's trust until it becomes a fit of deadly jealousy and rage that causes him to murder his loving wife Desdemona.