Wealth In Othello

Wealth and money, although they seemingly go hand and hand with each other, in fact clash. It is however, true that a person who possess a lot of money can certainly be happy, but a penniless person can without a doubt be in the same mindset. People often assume and fantasize how wealthy people can simply “buy happiness,” when it doesn’t at all work that way. They look to celebrities making millions, and think about how great and care free their lives must be. Rich or poor, a person has their own issues to deal with, that can’t always be solved with money. Essentially, money has no major factor in determining whether or not a person is content. As explained by Melanie Greenberg, a practicing psychologist, “The key to happiness lies in appreciating what we have and helping others, rather than in trying to elevate our own status and possessions.” In other words, what she is trying is convey, is that happiness is found when we remain grateful for the things we are so fortunate to have, and being there for others instead of being absorbed in ourselves and
Iago, in an attempt to stir up more drama, begins to persuade Othello into suspecting his wife, Desdemona, of cheating on him when it is all just a ruse to get the pair against each other. Iago explains that a man who doesn’t know that his wife his cheating on him and still loves her is bound to be in a very unhappy state, implying that Othello would thus be in the same position. Iago then “pleads to God” to keep his general from becoming devoured in jealousy and states, “Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; but riches fineless is as poor as winter” (Shakespeare 3.3.202-203). Conveying that a person is rich if there happy, but if they’re rich with money and plagued with grief, then they are “poor as