Blog #3 - Pyro?

Compulsion--a strong usually irresistable impulse to perform an act especially one that is irrational/contrary to one's will. By using this definition of compulsion, I can safely conclude that Iago was not a moral pyromaniac and therefor disagree with Bloom's characterization of Iago. To be a moral pyromaniac, Iago would have had to have gone through his plan against his will; Iago's plan to detroy everyone was well thought out and complaisant{agreeable} with his will. However, I do agree that Iago's religion of war did shift to a game of war, in which Iago did set reality ablaze. I think that when Iago was a soldier, war was indeed his religion, as with all soldiers. And Othello is his God for the simple reason that Othello was Iago's commanding officer. However, it changes (shift!) when Iago comes to suspect Othello of betrying him. Then it becomes game of war which is fought in Cyprus (not in Venice because the war is not fought on the battlefield-Venice-but they act and keep the values of Venician principles).