Iago+Memo

** To: ** The Honorable Justice, Junius Paul Wright III ** From: ** Alan Fan, Student Psychiatrist ** Date: ** October 18 2011 ** Subject: ** Is Iago a Psychopath?

Iago is a psychopath as he can be defined to have antisocial personality disorder or ATP. People who have ATP generally disregard others' safety and rights. One may be overly aggressive and destructive. If one contains three or more symptoms for 301.7 Antisocial Personality Disorder then he or she is a psychopath. Iago does contain more than three symptoms thus he is a psychopath.

Here of some evidence of Iago containing symptoms of ATP:
 * Lack of Remorse - Iago giggles and laughs when he makes Othello kills his wife and himself. He also kills his own wife without feeling any guilt.
 * Conning others for personal profit - He tricks Roderigo into giving him money and eventually bankrupts him.
 * Deceitfulness - Iago tricks Othello into thinking his wife has cheated on him which eventually leads to many deaths including Iago's own wife.
 * Reckless disregard for people's safety - Iago arranges a fight between Roderigo and Cassio, knowing they will be either injured or killed.

Dear Honorable Judge, as you can see Iago fits the description of a psychopath quite well. People like him are ill and need to be stopped before causing any more harm to our society. You can't let him be free, something has to be done. In my opinion, I think he should be jailed for a life-sentence as execution seems like the easy way out for people like him. He should be forced to stay in jail for the rest of his life, so we can force him to feel guilt and make him understand what he has done is wrong. If you have any questions, remarks, or recommendations, I will be glad to discuss it with you, Honorable Judge.