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    Jealousy In Othello Essay

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    One of his works is the well-known play‚ Othello. The play Othello is a tragedy about a highly renowned general of the Venetian army‚ where his life‚ marriage‚ and overall well-being is destroyed by an envious soldier named Iago. The main character Othello displays the effects what love‚ jealousy‚ and betrayal can do to a person. All of these characteristics in the play help set a tragic tone to the story. Jealousy plays a major key role in the play Othello. During the duration of the play‚ there

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    The Themes and Issues in: OTHELLO by William Shakespeare Jealousy I think that this is one of the main themes in Othello and the play focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The play is a good example of how jealousy can be fueled by circumstantial evidence and how it can destroy lives. For example in this play: Othello succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that his wife is having an affair with her friend Cassio which leads to Othello murdering his wife for her betrayal and then commits

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    Jealousy Othello Essay

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    Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ the major theme of jealousy is explored in detail through the main characters Othello and Iago’s actions. In the tragedy Othello‚ Shakespeare focuses on how jealousy affects Othello and the other major characters to result ultimately in their destruction. The theme of jealousy is evident throughout the play as it motivates the characters’ actions and suggests alot about the impacts‚ effects and nature of jealousy itself. In Shakespeare’s Othellojealousy is portrayed through

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    Jealousy In Othello Essay

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    OTHELLO: JEALOUSY D. R. Godfrey [Godfrey examines the portrayal of jealousy in Othello‚ determining that it is the cause of evil in the play. The critic exposes the jealousy presented by several characters: Othello‚ Roderigo‚ Bianca‚ and Iago. He compares their irrational behavior to that of Leontes‚ the jealous husband of Hermoine in The Winter’s Tale‚ and asserts that each displays a form of sexual jealousy. Iago‚ however‚ exhibits "an all-encompassing jealousy directed not only against sexual

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    successfully planted the seeds of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago implied that he would use Cassio to make Othello jealous because Othello chose Cassio over him to be a second command man because Cassio was more experience than he was. Desdemona and Cassio knew each other before she knew Othello because he worked for Othello before. Iago implied that he was going to make Othello look like a fool by having Desdemona

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    In Othello many themes come to play‚ however I find the most prevalent is jealousy. Jealousy is a funny thing‚ because it spreads like wildfire. The story of Othello is an example about how one person’s jealousy can take an entire social group down with it. Iago is the antagonist in this story‚ as he formulates a plot not only to take Cassio (the man who was promoted over Iago to be Othello’s second) down‚ and in the process many others go with him. He plants his jealousy in Rodrigo‚ and Othello. Convincing

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    read to understand the struggle. But one of the most interesting pieces to display this issue is Othello by William Shakespeare. For Othello was a

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    Literature Iago’s Deception Shakespeare creates a character in order to string along conflicted problems that will leave others unnoticed. Iago places himself in events to allow the sequences to unfold into a greater conflict.Thus‚ Iago’s diction and tone reveals Iago as a complex character who is a zealot for chaos‚ manipulative‚ and a trickster‚ in order to gain dominance over Othello. First‚ Iago’s revenge in Othello is to do whatever possible to shape his revenge over Othello. For example

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    Othello Speech on Jealousy

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    justice and revenge are the most important themes in Othello? Is there another underlying theme that you consider even more important? I argue that justice and revenge are not the dominate over arching themes in Othello. I believe jealousy is the most important theme. Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello focuses on the downfall of military General Othello whose happiness at his marriage to Desdemona is quickly consumed by jealousy. The love of Othello and Desdemona are tragically torn apart by the intrigue

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    Othello Jealousy Essay

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    Jealousy‚ is a “green-eyed monster”( 3.3.167-168) . In that quote Iago is comparing jealousy to a green eyed monster‚ which is ugly and evil. Therefore Iago is saying that jealousy is something that gnaws at you little by little but will eventually eat up up. The play “ Othello” by William Shakespeare was written in 1604. The play originally took place in Venice ‚ but throughout the play the settings switched from Venice to Cyprus. During the play Shakespeare demonstrated several themes within the

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