Should Aaron fit in?

Camille and Libby are absolutely correct in their comments that Aaron does not fit in with his unnatural cruelty. Camille also mentions the discordance with Aaron's appearance and role within the play--he shows up in sporadic intervals that hardly make coherent sense. Yet, I do not think that Shakespeare necessarily wants or intends Aaron to fit in. He is the outside, the Moor, who is fighting the injustice of inequality. Moreover, we discussed in class that Aaron is evil because, well, just because he is evil. He is the "bad guy" pure and simple, with evil intentions because he is the play's dramatic villain. This monologue by him, illustrating the extent of his wrongdoing and the pleasure he takes in violence, serves simple as a "shock factor" that provokes horror in the audience as a dramatic element.

Thus, Shakespeare hardly even creates a need to explain the motivation for Aaron's evil. He appears almost like a Devil-incarnate, with a given label that brings the reader to fear, loathe, and contempt him. He himself states that there is not a single crime in the play that he has not had a hand in. Aaron hence emerges as an ultimate villain--an evil character who, by definition, does not and need not fit in, serving only to propel the negative action and motivations in the play.