Jealousy In Othello

In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello's pride prevents him from finding the truth, eventually leading to his demise. Initially, Othello and Desdemona are deeply in love, despite her father's disapproval of their marriage. However, when Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago to Lieutenant, Iago has his revenge by convincing Othello that Desdemona cheats on him with Cassio, destroying the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. Othello grows to meet his downfall when his trusted friend Iago causes him to think that his wife Desdemona is unfaithful.

Love, jealousy and obsession is a relevant theme in most tragedies. In tragedy, the introductory love a protagonist feels for another character is often organically surpassed by stronger emotions of jealousy and obsession. This arises when the individual lacks a fundamental sense of identity and leads to the downfall of a hero or, modernly, a regular person. Othello introduces this idea in the first scenes of the text, when Othello weds Desdemona. This event creates a conflict between Brabantio and Othello, to which Brabantio warns Othello: “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:/She has deceiv’d her father and may thee.” (A1:S3) This rhyming couplet instills in Othello a mistrust towards Desdemona, though he disregards Brabantio’s words

341-345). Othello wants everyone to think of him as a man so bewildered that he didn't know what he was doing when he accused his wife of disloyalty and killed her. He also doesn't want to be remembered as a man who became so easily jealous because he knows that how much destruction he has brought on himself and the ones he loves most. Othello self destruction caused himself to become another man entirely, a man fueled by the poison that is jealousy. In all, Othello spirals down a path of jealousy that ruins his life by becoming irrational and ravaging

Although the audience knows that Othello is jealous. Othello himself denies that he has been consumed by jealousy, and that he has been behaving irrationally. Othello claims that “it is the cause, [his] soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars. It is the cause. Yet I’ll not shed [Desdemona’s] blood” (Shakespeare 5.2.1-3). Denying that he is jealous Othello claims that he is not going to kill Desdemona as of this moment. He also insist that the reasoning to killing Desdemona would be because of justice, and not jealousy. After killing Desdemona Othello argues with Emilia that “Cassio did top [Desdemona]. Ask thy husband [Iago] else O, I were damned beneath all depth in hell [b]ut that proceed upon just grounds” (Shakespeare 5.2.139-142). Othello insists that he was justified in killing his wife because she cheated on him with Cassio. Otherwise he would have gone to hell for

Othello's Jealousy is mostly a figure of his imagination made from all of iago's lies and being mislead. The ironic part about that is that iago said to othello”beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock, The meat it feeds on”(III,iii,195-198). Iago is warning Othell that nothing good can come from jealousy.Then Iago starts to question desdemona's loyalty but othello gets mad and says”No, Iago; I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove; And on the proof, there is no more”(III,iii,220-223). Othello wants evidence of his claims before he finally decides if she was cheating on him with Cassio.

Shakespeare’s Othello is a play consistently based on jealously and the way it can destroy lives. One is quick to think this jealously is based on Othello’s lack of belief in Desdemona’s faithfulness to him or his suspensions over Desdemona’s affair with Cassio, Othello’s honorable lieutenant. Upon closer inspection of the jealously that exists throughout the play it becomes clear that his jealously is not the sole start and reason for all of the destruction that occurs. Iago, a good friend of Othello, is not who he appears to be. Iago’s own jealously of those around him pushes him over the edge. He begins to deceive all those who believe he is a true, honorable, and faithful man. Throughout Othello, Iago incites his own jealously in

In Othello, We view how Othello’s jealousy affects his composure and his actions. In the play, Desdemona gives Othello the handkerchief, and Othello is enraged with this action. Othello feels as if she is not valuing the significance of the handkerchief to him, he perceives it as her giving away her innocence and purity. He thinks this as he continues to be manipulated by Iago to think that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Othello’s hatred continues to grow as he begins to use an aggressive tone and boorish wording towards Desdemona.

Othello feels that Desdemona has concealed some aspect of her personality (New Perspectives 137). Othello feels this way when Desdemona admits to him that she dispraisingly spoken to Cassio about him but for good reasoning. Othello feels betrayed, he cannot fathom the thought that she would go behind his back especially to his lieutenant. Othello becomes insecure and needs time to regenerate back to his normal state. Othello show insecurity throughout this part of the play. He believes love is where there is no doubt or insecurity. Therefore, he worries about whether or not his wife loves him. Othello needs to realize that with love comes complications, no love is perfect. It becomes clear that Othello is unable to love because he doesn’t believe in imperfections when it comes to love (). Othello is a

Throughout Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello makes numerous poor decisions due to his jealousy. Hitting Desdemona, trusting Iago, and killing Desdemona are among a few of the poor decisions that he makes. The word jealous can be defined as feeling or showing suspicion of someone's unfaithfulness in a relationship. Othello feels suspicious of Desdemona’s and Cassio’s relationship because of the lies that Iago tells him. Many people try to tell Othello the truth but he only believes the words of Iago. Even Emilia, Iago’s wife, tells Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are not having an affair and their interaction is business only, however; he does not trust her. Without Othello’s jealousy he would not have made these horrible decisions.

Haley Johnson Professor Smith Dual Enrollment Composition 2 20 April 2015 Jealousy Destroys Relationships revolve around love and trust, and when the trust is broken the act of jealousy can take and destroy. In William Shakespeare's "Othello" the act of jealousy is the prominent theme throughout. In the beginning Othello was not jealous until another character, Iago, convinces him the Desdemona, Othello's wife, has been unfaithful. This destructive trait leads to the horrific death of his loving wife, Desdemona, and eventually to Othello's suicide.

The strong emotions of jealousy and misplaced thrust present trouble for most of the main characters in the play, Othello. William shakespeare displays how these emotions are easily brought out in the best of people. Iago, although brilliant in this own mnd still falls vitem to jealousy's for cassio's job. The brave moor othello has doubt sof desdemona's faithfulness and in stand of trusting his wife he allows iago manipulations to could his good judgement. Desdemona is the kind innocent wife othello could ever look for but she constantly battle for trust with the moor while still helping her friend cassio.

Many crimes of passion are the result of jealousy. “Othello” shows readers how the jealousy of one or two people can result in violent actions and even death. In “Othello,” Roderigo was in love with Desdemona, who was already married to Othello. He teamed up with Iago, who possessed envy because Cassio had been promoted to the position Iago desired. Together, Iago and Roderigo plotted to destroy Cassio’s image and reputation as well as Desdemona’s marriage. As Iago began setting Cassio up, he began to develop feelings of his own for Desdemona. Iago and Roderigo’s actions resulted in numerous deaths throughout the play. First Iago stabs and kills Roderigo. Then, Othello’s jealousy leads him to smother Desdemona because she was “false with Cassio” (Shakespeare 767). After Emilia outed Iago, he pierced her with a knife, killing her. Lastly, Othello knifed himself. All of these deaths occurred because two men were desirous of things other people had. These acts exhibit the abominable effects jealousy can have on people’s

Othello’s jealousy is responsible for the death of his wife and of Othello himself. His jealousy consumes him so much that he even falls into epileptic shock at one point. Jealousy’s effect on Othello is most obviously seen when he rambles on saying,”Handkerchief! Confessions! Handkerchief! To confess, and be hanged for his labor. First to be hanged, and then to confess—I tremble at it. Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing passion without some instruction. It is not words that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips. Is ’t possible? Confess! Handkerchief! Oh, devil!”(78). Right after saying this Othello collapses and falls into a trance. The amount of jealousy is so prominent in Othello that he can no longer think straight as he contemplates all of the suspicions at once. At this point, Othello was not able to think straight whatsoever and the idea of murdering both his best friend and his wife was

Jealousy was based on Othello’s lack of trust on Desdemona and suspects her cheating on him. “To you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess

The marriage of Othello and Desdemona is a real ’marriage’ a true love based on reciprocal knowledge and respect of each other, a love that has no element of lust. The love between Othello and Desdemona surpasses the corporal obstacles of race, nationality, and age. But this love is demolished as soon as jealousy enters Othello’s mind thanks to Iago. Iago suggests to Othello that his wife has been cheating on him with Cassio. Othello disregards his love for Desdemona and evokes for revenge. Certitude has allowed his mind from skepticism and suspicion. Now he vows action, Othello wants Cassio and Desdemona dead, "for she shall not live; no, my heart is turned to stone" (Shakespeare,