Erythritol
Smoke and Arrogance
he is clever. better than lady macbeth who only got macbeth to kill duncan because she wanted to be queen. macbeth just turns into a psychopath and lady macbeth goes mad and kills herself.
Being clever does not make you more than a one dimensional character. Cleverness has nothing to do with well-written characters. He is a poorly written character for all of the aforementioned reasons. He doesn't have any good motivation or redeeming qualities. There is no such thing as a purely evil person. People we perceive as evil don't walk around and think to themselves, "I know! I'm going to do something totally evil!" This is exactly what Iago does in Othello. He decides to destroy Othello because he "hates the Moor." That is the ONLY reason he gives. That, and he believes Othello didn't deserve promotion. I'm not sure about you, but when someone I dislike is promoted, I don't plot the destruction of their life.