Othello by Shakespeare mainly focuses on the dangers of jealousy. It is shown that with circumstantial evidence, from sexual suspicion to professional competition, jealousy can destroy lives. We are introduced to a character named Iago, who clearly is displayed with loads of jealousy. Othello passed over the promotion to Cassio to become lieutenant instead of Iago. Iago also heard a rumor that othello hooked up with his wife Emilia. He says, “I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets has done my office. I know not if’t be true, but i, for mere suspicion in that kind will do as if for surety”(I,iii, 329-433). With hate already brewing, one can guess Jealousy will take place. For someone who is jealous, Iago is pretty good at manipulating Othello by pretending to warn him not to be jealous.
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It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”(III, iii, 195-197). It is ironic Iago warns Othello not to be jealous, when his jealousy is the source of everything. Towards the end of the play, Othello regrets his actions by killing Desdemona and sees his wrong doings but wishes no one to think of him as a psychopath. He pleads, “Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely, but too well; of one not easily Jealousy but being wrought perplexed in the extreme” (V, ii, 402-406). Othello explains he didn’t know what he was doing when he accused Desdemona of cheating and murdered her. He does not want to be remembered as someone who is easily jealous. In Othello,it clearly displays that jealousy can still ruin lives but with the other factor of lack of communication. One would need them both to overcome the issue and leave the insecure thoughts
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”(III, iii, 195-197). It is ironic Iago warns Othello not to be jealous, when his jealousy is the source of everything. Towards the end of the play, Othello regrets his actions by killing Desdemona and sees his wrong doings but wishes no one to think of him as a psychopath. He pleads, “Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely, but too well; of one not easily Jealousy but being wrought perplexed in the extreme” (V, ii, 402-406). Othello explains he didn’t know what he was doing when he accused Desdemona of cheating and murdered her. He does not want to be remembered as someone who is easily jealous. In Othello,it clearly displays that jealousy can still ruin lives but with the other factor of lack of communication. One would need them both to overcome the issue and leave the insecure thoughts