Othello's Jealousy

He tells Iago that he wants proof of Desdemona’s affair with Cassio. In this scene, Iago tells Othello to beware of jealousy and spreads even more lies. Othello begins to let his jealousy take over and soon becomes immersed in it. Othello’s words also give way that if he finds out Iago has lied he won’t be forgiving. When Iago mentions the handkerchief, Othello’s suspicion gets the best of him so he confronts Desdemona about its whereabouts. Othello’s sense of distrust and anger toward Desdemona become clear as he grows into the green-eyed

Jealousy Anger. Envy. Resentment. These are all emotions that are caused by jealousy. Othello and Iago, the main characters of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, is overwhelmed by the strong emotions that ensues through jealousy.

Somehow Iago manages to manipulate Othello into thinking that Desdemona cheated on him. When he demands that she show him the handkerchief he had given her, and she does not, he is convinced that she is being unfaithful. This is when he decides that he must kill her. Later in the novel Othello suffocates Desdemona out of jealousy.

In the play, Othello, jealousy and envy are prominent themes from the beginning to the end. As the play starts to unwind, you can see jealousy is the major cause of all the drama in the play. Jealousy or envy is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing by someone else’s possessions , qualities or luck. Iago becomes engulfed by jealousy and it causes him to corrupt Othello. They are two men that cause similar crimes but we sympathize for Othello and hate Iago because they have different attitudes towards their crime.

William Shakespeare’s play Othello is based on the theme of jealousy. Jealousy is an emotion that consists of feelings of anger, resentment, and insecurities due to the fear of losing something or someone that is considered of great value (). In Othello he introduces three couples which all play a major role in the theme of jealousy and how it develops throughout the play. The three couples are Othello and Desdemona, Iago and Emilia, and Cassio and Bianca. Each couple allows jealousy to ruin their relationship but some only to a certain extent.

Jealousy is a powerful human emotion. It often consumes a person like a disease, inducing behaviors that are not normally within character. It has the power to destroy even the greatest of men, growing and feeding on the thoughts of what has not been seen, but only imagined. Jealousy is evident from the start to finish of the play of Othello. The villain of the story, Iago, uses the other characters to play out his revenge on Othello. Iago has a hatred for Othello that has grown after he was passed up to be lieutenant for Cassio. Iago believes Cassio does not have the military experience to be in such a position and although he has no proof, Iago also believes that Othello has been sleeping with his wife. Iago’s hate for

William Shakespeare’s Othello presents the dangers of evil when it’s in the form of jealousy. In the play Othello, Shakespeare uses the characters of Iago, Othello and Roderigo to prove that jealousy is at the root of all evil. Within the play, Shakespeare uses the emotion of jealousy to motivate the destruction of Othello. Iago’s jealousy towards Cassio being Othello’s lieutenant is proof of how jealousy can take the form of evil by causing competition, sexual suspicion and death for the other characters in the play.

At one point in every persons life, they’ve made a decision that is in some way was influenced by jealousy. Human’s attraction to materialistic things has made it so easy to be jealous of things. Jealousy seems to be a common nature of humans because of the desire for things others have. Not only are people jealous of what people have, but jealous of what people do. In Othello we see that many of the characters are affected by jealous in a way that makes them act differently than what they normally do.

Jealousy Some of the most famous stories in the world deal with themes of jealousy, among them is Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The tragedy was written by William Shakespeare in 1603. To be jealous is a feeling or showing of envy of someone or their achievements and advantages. Jealousy can motivate people to do crazy things.

Othello’s inability to judge appearance from reality therefore resulted in the loss of not only his manhood and honor, but his independent perspective as well. These consequences ultimately led to Othello’s own tragic downfall, as well as the deaths of other innocent characters including Desdemona and Cassio, proving, yet again, that jealousy ends only in

Throughout Shakespeare’s Othello, the major theme of jealousy is apparent. The tragedy Othello focuses on the doom of Othello and the other major characters as a result of jealousy. In Shakespeare’s Othello, jealousy is portrayed through the major characters of Iago and Othello. It utterly corrupts their lives because it causes Iago to show his true self, which in turn triggers Othello to undergo an absolute conversion that destroys the lives of their friends.

Jealousy can influence peoples’ decisions and action. In the play Othello, written by William Shakespeare, which is believed to be written in the early 1600’s, jealousy is one of the main concepts or themes of the story. Othello, the main character is a general in the army who marries Desdemona, a fair woman of wealthier status, without her father’s permission. They elope but jealous people rat them out and try to break them up. Iago, a selfish guy who is working as Othello’s ensign in the army, is envious of Othello’s success and good luck. He decides to ruin everything in Othello’s life for his benefit. Iago hates his superior so much that he literally ruins lives of other people to get to Othello’s happiness. When Othello is consumed by the jealousy that Iago has planted in his mind, he completely transforms into a murderous green-eyed monster. In this jealous form of mind, he cannot see the truth although it is right in front of him. Lastly there are the people who got used and deceived by Iago to do the dirty work for him. They do not really understand the work they do for Iago, but they do it anyways because they are motivated from their own jealousy.

Iagos is extremely jealous of cassio because cassio got promoted to a position that Iago believes he should have. Iago has an intense hate for Othello Because Othello is the one that promoted Cassio and for an unknown reason Iago thinks that Othello slept with his wife. In act one scene one Iago creates his plan because he is jealous of Cassio and he comes up with an elaborate plan to take down Cassio

Iago was subconsciously telling the audience how jealous he was about Cassio's promotion. And at the same time Roderigo blatantly expressed his jealousy for Desdemona's love for Othello. These two are the most common types of jealousy and envy that we know and express.

After Iago fostered Othello’s doubtful and suspicious thinking, he used another damning piece of evidence to cement Othello’s jealous anger the handkerchief. Othello gave Desdemona a handkerchief that was very special to both of them; something that Desdemona would take careful care of and never lose. With the help of his wife, Iago stole the