Throughout ‘Othello’ the main backbone of the play is the concept of jealousy and human flaws which are explored in Iago’s soliloquy; not only …show more content…
He uses the fatal emotion of jealousy to ruin Othello and manipulate others around him. In the soliloquy in question he states; ‘...I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leaped into my seat’, referring to Othello. Through animalistic metaphors and imagery such as a ‘lusty Moor’ who ‘hath leaped’ we can see Iago’s hatred for Othello grow. Shakespeare creates jealousy using the fact that there is no evidence of the affair to highlight Iago’s flaw of festering paranoia which has grown into a jealous rage towards Othello, becoming the seed of his anger. In turn Iago ends up insisting the same fate upon Othello. In correspondence Carol Thomas Neely says, in reference to their jealousy; that they are “two parts of a single motive -- related not as the halves of a sphere, but each implicit on the other.” Neely is referring to the fact that Iago’s jealousy stems from suspicions of Othello and on the other hand, Othello’s jealousy is a seed planted and insisted upon by Iago. Each’s jealousy would not exist were in not for the other. Iago refers to the affair, prior to this soliloquy as a work or duty of his that has been done by