Examples Of Jealousy In Othello

Othello's Jealousy is mostly a figure of his imagination made from all of iago's lies and being mislead. The ironic part about that is that iago said to othello”beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock, The meat it feeds on”(III,iii,195-198). Iago is warning Othell that nothing good can come from jealousy.Then Iago starts to question desdemona's loyalty but othello gets mad and says”No, Iago; I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove; And on the proof, there is no more”(III,iii,220-223). Othello wants evidence of his claims before he finally decides if she was cheating on him with Cassio.

Jealousy is something every individual experiences some point in their life. It could either be something that someone else has, or something that you should of earned. Othello shows Jealousy towards Cassio’s looks right from the very beginning. Once Iago puts into Othello’s mind Desdemona has been cheating on him with Cassio, Othello’s jealousy increases drastically. Due to Othello being a “moor”, he feels though as if he does not fit in with the others. He begins to notice how well Cassio fits in with everyone because he is a Venetian. “He hath a daily beauty in his life” (Act 5, Scene 1, line 19). This show the jealousy Othello holds for Cassio because it states that Cassio is a well known, attractive individual. Not only is he jealous of his looks, but wanting to be who Cassio is, so Barbantio would not be so furious about him and Desdamona’s relationship. Othello’s jealousy has a big part with the handkerchief that plays a key part in the novel. “That is a fault. That the handkerchief did and egyptian to my mother give. She was a charmer, and could almost read the thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, ‘Twould make her admirable and subdue my father, entirely to love her. But if she lost it.” (Act 3, Scene 4, lines 49-55). Othello’s anger beings to build up more when Desdemona begins to change the topic of Cassio, though this anger does show he loves Dedemona, he was hoping Iago was wrong about the affair between the two. In comparison, Gatsby also portrays a lot of jealousy towards Tom’s relationship with the love of his life, Daisy. Gatsby has alway dreamed of being with Daisy, before he went to the war, and 5 years after, though she was a married woman. Gatsby holds great denial that Tom and Daisy would never have an intimate relationship, that would resemble to anything like Gatsby and Daisy’s. “I did love him once, but I loved you too.” (Fitzgerald 126). This is when the jealousy comes to life

Jealousy plays a major role in Othello as it is the driving force which leads to the plays events being carried out. The theme of jealousy is prevalent through characterization and the dishonoring of the values of trust and loyalty. The character if Iago is the main who endures jealousy and dishonours trust and loyalty which in the end he uses as a method to lead Othello to his downfall. Iago dishonours Othello’s trust by stating “My lord, you know I love you” but this contrasts with Iago line “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”.

Jealously is one of the main central ideas and is shown through many character but mainly Iago and Hugo and Othello and O. In act 4, scene 5 Othello

Shakespeare is prominent in his use of recurring themes throughout his works, particularly those of love, death, and betrayal. All these themes are present in Othello. Most dominant, however, are manipulation and jealousy. Jealousy runs the characters’ lives in Othello from the beginning of the play, when Roderigo is jealous of Othello because he wishes to be with Desdemona, and to the end of the play, when Othello is furious with jealousy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair, but manipulation the prominent action that fuels the jealousy within Othello. Some characters’ jealousy is fashioned by other characters. Iago is involved in much of this, creating lies and implementing confusing situations.

Throughout the play jealousy is shown within almost every character, ago mostly causes everyone in the play to be jealous of someone by doing what he does best, manipulating everyone and getting them to do his dirty work. Jealousy plays a big role within the play, and influences almost every decision made by each character at some point in the play. Sadly, the decisions made due to the characters being jealous are mostly bad, the play mainly shows how jealousy affects Iago, Othello, and Roderigo. Iago at some point gets each character to believe everything he has to say and talks them into doing anything he wishes them to do all for the sole purpose of revenge and jealousy

Jealousy is a powerful emotion that can blind oneself from identifying the truth. Shakespeare heavily emphasizes this theme throughout the drama Othello, especially through the actions of characters. In the play the heinous antagonist, Iago, uses each character’s jealousy to deceive that person and manipulate the truth. His false promises and deceitfulness bring to the demise of many of the main characters in the play, including the protagonist, Othello. Othello could not have been deceived if it were not for his powerful jealousy. Therefore, Shakespeare is telling us that jealousy is an ugly trait that can hide the truth, which in turn causes many problems between characters in the play.

Another area of jealousy in Othello is when there are accusations of Othello having an affair with Iago’s wife, Emilia. Emilia was a woman who thought her husband was unfaithful, but stayed with him anyway. Along with these rumors, there were also rumors that Cassio had slept with Emilia too. I believe that jealousy is a powerful thing, and it’s hard to overcome rumors and accusations when they involve everyone’s husbands and wives. Not every character handled themselves the same while getting through these accusations of affairs and what not.

The strong emotions of jealousy and misplaced thrust present trouble for most of the main characters in the play, Othello. William shakespeare displays how these emotions are easily brought out in the best of people. Iago, although brilliant in this own mnd still falls vitem to jealousy's for cassio's job. The brave moor othello has doubt sof desdemona's faithfulness and in stand of trusting his wife he allows iago manipulations to could his good judgement. Desdemona is the kind innocent wife othello could ever look for but she constantly battle for trust with the moor while still helping her friend cassio.

He chooses his jealousy over the love he has for Desdemona. Even though he struggles with his love for her and his hatred against her, he lets his hate be bigger than love. Othello is driven into madness and even though he and other people are telling him Desdemona would not cheat on him, his mind decides for him not to listen to anyone. In the play jealousy has taken Othello’s happiness away and since he cannot be happy then he does not want Desdemona to be happy. Now Othello has a mindset where he does not want other man to suffer from being cheated by her. He get to a point where he does not want to suffer no more and decides that the only way for him to get revenge is to kill Cassio and Desdemona.

A common feeling that everyone gets is jealousy. This feeling can cause many people to act out of character and do things they would never imagine doing. Whether this jealousy stems from the envy of others, or from the fear of losing someone or something. This emotion is quite prevalent in the everyday life of most people. In Shakespeare's “Othello,” a main issue of conflict are these types of jealousy.

Jealousy of power is first displayed through Iago, a solider under Othello’s command. ”One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, a fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife, that never set a squadron in the field”(Act 1, Scene 1). Iago is consumed by jealousy of Cassio, which he masks with hatred of Othello, because Othello took up Cassio as lieutenant and not Iago. In this same scene, we are also introduced to Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, who is desperately in love with Desdemona, Othello’s wife. This scene is significant because it crafts Iago as the perfect villain. He plans on exploiting Othello’s insecurities in exchange for his own vengeful agenda.

In the play, Othello, jealousy and envy are prominent themes from the beginning to the end. As the play starts to unwind, you can see jealousy is the major cause of all the drama in the play. Jealousy or envy is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing by someone else’s possessions , qualities or luck. Iago becomes engulfed by jealousy and it causes him to corrupt Othello. They are two men that cause similar crimes but we sympathize for Othello and hate Iago because they have different attitudes towards their crime.

In the story of Othello, all of the conflict, violence, and harm that occured was a result of jealousy. Iago, one of the victims of jealousy, made a hypocritical statement to Othello where he called jealousy a green-eyed monster. This monster known as jealousy not only consumes the people that it hates, but also consumes the person itself. Jealousy is the culprit for any character that had died in the story. Jealousy fueled each scene to the next in Othello and the more that is added, the more damage it does as seen with its effects on Roderigo, Iago, and Othello.

Jealousy is the sensation to envy someone and have the desire to avenge someone. The infamous play Othello portrays the consequences of jealousy. Throughout the play, Othello tragic flaw is his own jealousy. Othello jealousy causes a transition of character. Othello was once the charming noble gentleman and it is now turned into a vicious callous monster. Othello’s jealousy was his downfall that cost the deaths of multiple lives.