Jealousy

Othello explores the themes of how strong jealousy can become, how manipulation can be created even by most honest people, and how betrayal is seen even in loved ones. The play begins with Iago’s jealousy over the position Cassio received instead of him. His jealousy caused him to create a contrivance to destroy Othello for not giving the job to him. Iago needed help so he went to Roderigo, who was desperate to be loved by Desdemona, and used his jealousy of Othello to help get him on Iago’s…

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…

impeccable military knowledge, Othello is gullible and cruel to his wife so why is he a sympathetic character? Like a child who is manipulated because they are naive, Othello was exploited due to his love for Desdemona. Both Othello and children portray jealousy when they deprived and in their perspective, the best solution can be resolved through violence. In the Shakespearean play Othello written by Shakespeare, Othello causes the audience to feel pathos based on his childlike mentality. Of…

Jealousy has become a theme of primary interest particularly among Shakespearean scholars. Apart from the theme of jealousy, other recurring themes that are evident works done by Shakespeare include love, death and betrayal. Jealousy is usually a complex feeling that involves feelings that range from fear being abandoned to rage as well as humiliation. Jealousy discriminates neither men nor women and is normally arouse when an individual perceives a threat to a relationship that is valued from…

The Jealousy Syndrome In Othello (1603), a play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the antagonist, Iago, enacts a plan to exact revenge on Othello, the army general, for appointing Cassio as lieutenant instead of him. He executes this by targeting Othello’s love for his wife, Desdemona by falsely implying that she is having an affair with Cassio. Jealousy is the central emotion throughout the play as it drives both Othello and Iago to act with cruelty to those around them. The role of Iago in…

Jealousy in Cymbeline and Othello The play Cymbeline is a romance written by Shakespeare. This play has many themes, among them: jealousy. The characters presented in the play Cymbeline are similar to some of the characters in Othello. Based on the first act of the play Cymbeline seemed like it would be a tragedy just like the play Othello. These plays are similar in their use of jealousy, and the effect of jealousy. Jealousy is a big issue in both plays. In Cymbeline, Posthumus is easily…

Jealousy is a very complex emotion, it can often mislead a person from seeing and or acting with a clear mind. Those who allow their jealousy to control their actions often end up destroying their lives by falling victim to it. In Shakespeare’s Othello and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby both protagonists Othello and Gatsby do exactly this. Although, they both prove to be very jealous men, ultimately in the end Gatsby clearly proves to be the more noble character. Othello owes his jealous…

military knowledge, he is foolish and cruel to his wife, so why does he remain as a sympathetic character? Like a child who is manipulated because of their naive nature, Othello was exploited due to his love for Desdemona. The two individuals portray jealousy when deprived of love and in their perspective, the best solution can be resolved through violence. The audience feels pathos for Othello because of his childlike mentality, insinuating that maturity is measured by one's intelligence,…

will not inherit the kingdom of God (Gal. 5:21) and in reference to false teachers and believers. What is envy? Classical rhetoricians and philosophers have defined in in numerous ways but the fundamental idea is the same. Aristotle defined envy “jealousy of the honor given to others.”(Rhetoric pg 1387). In secular Greek φθόνον can mean to “bear ill will of a general kind but more often it is used specifically to express the envy which makes one man begrudge another something which he…

“Jealousy is the fear of comparison,” Max Frisch spoke the truth when it comes to jealousy and the part it plays in Othello. Throughout the play, characters compare themselves to one another and twist their insecurities into reasons to hate one another. The case of hatred that encompasses each individual, and even leads some to kill, resulting in no one to compare themselves to. In a Shakespearean play the main character, without fail, possesses a tragic flaw; in Othello, the Moor of Venice, his…