Jealousy In William Shakespeare's Othello
The awful feeling of jealousy is obviously not enjoyed, but is often experienced by us humans till this day. The worst phenomenon you could do is irrationally act on your jealousy, but that’s a common theme throughout this play; especially with Othello as well as Iago, and Roderigo.
The chaos begins to build with Iago’s hatred for Cassio because he received the Lt. position instead of him, “One Michael Cassio….” (1.1. 21-34). He develops a plan to rid Cassio while also destroying Othello’s life. The deviant plan includes IAgo feeding Othello lies to potentially make him go mad as the result of his jealousy. He continuously does this regarding Desdemona and Cassio. It’s quite obvious that Iago looks at this as some sort of revenge. He suspects Othello has also slept with his wife Emilia, “I hate the moor…”(1.3. 329-433). To really make sense of it all, Iago …show more content…
15). Quite ironic considering Iago’s direct goal was to act upon his destructive nature of jealousy. Although Othello claims he is not a jealous man, he slightly suggest for proof of his wife’s infidelity, “Why, why is this..”(3.3. 31) Othello and Iago weren’t the only envious ones either. Roderigo was desperate for Desdemona and fed into Iago’s false statements about her as well - which in the end only screwed Roderigo over considering the man he trusted this entire time turns out to be his murderer! Eventually, it is too much for Othello to bear and he smuggles Desdemona to death. Ultimately, Othello then regrets killing her because he doesn’t want to be viewed as a
The chaos begins to build with Iago’s hatred for Cassio because he received the Lt. position instead of him, “One Michael Cassio….” (1.1. 21-34). He develops a plan to rid Cassio while also destroying Othello’s life. The deviant plan includes IAgo feeding Othello lies to potentially make him go mad as the result of his jealousy. He continuously does this regarding Desdemona and Cassio. It’s quite obvious that Iago looks at this as some sort of revenge. He suspects Othello has also slept with his wife Emilia, “I hate the moor…”(1.3. 329-433). To really make sense of it all, Iago …show more content…
15). Quite ironic considering Iago’s direct goal was to act upon his destructive nature of jealousy. Although Othello claims he is not a jealous man, he slightly suggest for proof of his wife’s infidelity, “Why, why is this..”(3.3. 31) Othello and Iago weren’t the only envious ones either. Roderigo was desperate for Desdemona and fed into Iago’s false statements about her as well - which in the end only screwed Roderigo over considering the man he trusted this entire time turns out to be his murderer! Eventually, it is too much for Othello to bear and he smuggles Desdemona to death. Ultimately, Othello then regrets killing her because he doesn’t want to be viewed as a