Honor And Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello

Othello’s love for Desdemona was so deep he could not bear the thought of another being with her; “If she be false, O! Then heaven mocks itself. I’ll not believe’t.” Iago uses the characters of Cassio and the obsessive Roderigo as his weapons in his cunning plan. Iago drives the idea into Othello’s mind that Desdemona has been unfaithful, inciting him into a state of jealousy. “Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul, but I do love thee; and when I love thee not, chaos is come again.” Othello growing insecurities about his wife’s faithfulness only adds to his psychological suffering which in turn acts as a catalyst towards the suffering of other characters involved in the play.Iago tells these lies with the intention of driving Othello insane as well as establish his dominance and influence the situations of those characters close to Othello. Evidence of this comes in one of Iago’s soliloquies from act two, scene one; “That Cassio loves her, I do well Believe’t: That she loves him, ‘tis apt and of great credit.” This section shows that he is trying to convince himself that his own manipulative lies are true and is trying to reassure his motives by justifying his own actions. By convincing Othello

Othello was a beloved and respected general in the Venetian army, but through a paranoid fit of jealousy he conspires with Iago to kill his wife and her thought to be lover Cassio. While it is clear that the theme of Othello is jealousy, the “green eyed monster”, Othello never has solid proof of the affair. Most of the evidence is circumstantial, but word of mouth through Iago coupled with Othello's extreme jealousy pushes him to desire to  murder his wife Desdemona and close friend Cassio. Othello claims to have a profound love for Desdemona but it simply takes one

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.

Othello’s trust for Iago enables Iago to completely discredit Othello as the good guy of the play when Iago manipulates him into thinking Desdemona was unfaithful to him with Cassio. Even though Othello must know in his heart that Desdemona would not betray him, he is so caught up by Iago's efforts and has fallen for his manipulative lies, that all rational thoughts abandons Othello and he ultimately ends up murdering his wife since to Othello betrayal was immoral. At the end of play, even Othello can hardly believe what he has done because he thinks of himself as, "One not easily jealous, but, being wrought, perplexed in the extreme..." meaning that he has acted out of character and only in the interests of honor. Iago’s betrayal to those such as Othello and Desdemona, ultimately successfully destroyed everyone, himself included.

Iago’s goal was to bring down Othello and Othello’s weakness is his wife Desdemona. Othello and Desdemona have “a real ’marriage of true minds’, a true love based on a mutual awareness and a true appreciation of each other’s worth, a love that has in it none of the element of sensual lust. The love of Othello and Desdemona transcends the physical barriers of color, nationality and age.” (Theme of Jealousy in Othello) Iago has Othello believe Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair. Iago even gives warning to Othello in scene 3, act 3, he tells Othello, “O, beware, my lord of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Although Iago has never provided any real proof, it is Othello’s own thoughts and imagination that give it a life. Iago is constantly feeding Othello lies of Desdemona and he grows angrier everyday to the point he kills her and then

Othello is a noble general. He is expected to make good decisions in different situations. Othello’s weakness controlled his bad decisions. Othello was very much in love with his wife, Desdemona. Iago wanted to get revenge on Othello for assigning Cassio as lieutenant. So, Iago put the handkerchief in Cassio’s possession. The handkerchief was the first gift Othello gave Desdemona. After Othello saw Cassio with the handkerchief, he thought Cassio was sleeping with Desdemona. Othello killed Desdemona due to Iago manipulating him to think Desdemona was cheating. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on” (3.3.167-69). Othello’s mind was full of jealousy, leading to making poor decisions. After fully believing his wife is having an affair, he thinks its best if she dies. “Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men” (5.2.6) He feels like Desdemona needs to die or she will continue to cheat on other men. Othello tells her to “confess” about her affair but Desdemona never cheated. “They are loves I bear to you” (5.2.40). She feels as the only sin, she has ever done was loving her husband. Othello believed Desdemona was a “whore”. “O fool! Fool! Fool! (5.2.323). Othello now realize Iago set him up. He knew about the handkerchief being placed in Cassio’s possession. He cannot believe he killed his wife because of Iago. After Desdemona and Emilia dies, Othello stabs himself. He was a supposed to be a noble, brave man. “I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, / Killing myself, to die upon a kiss” (5.2.358). He kiss Desdemona before he killed her and then kissed her again, before he dies.

William Shakespeare’s play Othello is a play with a theme of love and jealousy. During Othello’s final speech to Desdemona it becomes clear that Othello’s motives for killing Desdemona is purely based on jealousy and love. After hearing Iago’s false tales of Desdemona’s “affair” Othello becomes enraged with Desdemona and refuses to acknowledge her side of the story. He loves her so much he can’t bear to see her cheat on him, this is clear after analyzing the speech in act V scene V lines 1- 25.

Near the end of the play Othello, after Desdemona was murdered, Othello still cared more for his reputation than her death. He wished for Venice to still remember him as a heroic warrior, rather than a weak moor who submitted to jealousy. His jealousy was also a product of his love for his reputation. If he was jealous that his love whom he was in a relationship with was being unfaithful, then he would have talked to her to reconfirm her love for him. He was more enraged at how his reputation was tainted in his ancient Iago’s eyes.

This comment is important by Iago, “Should you do so, my lord, My speech should fall into such vile success, Which my thoughts aimed not. Cassio’s my worthy friend - My lord I see y’are moved ”(Othello III.iii 221-225). Iago trick-minded Othello by putting all the things in Othello’s head such as Cassio and Desdemona are sleeping together and saying he shouldn’t do things to Cassio. This is a physical and mental part of jealousy because Iago is trick-minding all of them, Othello kills Desdemona and himself which makes it physical and mental because he fooled around all of them and put things in each other heads that lead up to the physical point of

Shakespeare’s Othello is a play consistently based on jealously and the way it can destroy lives. One is quick to think this jealously is based on Othello’s lack of belief in Desdemona’s faithfulness to him or his suspensions over Desdemona’s affair with Cassio, Othello’s honorable lieutenant. Upon closer inspection of the jealously that exists throughout the play it becomes clear that his jealously is not the sole start and reason for all of the destruction that occurs. Iago, a good friend of Othello, is not who he appears to be. Iago’s own jealously of those around him pushes him over the edge. He begins to deceive all those who believe he is a true, honorable, and faithful man. Throughout Othello, Iago incites his own jealously in

(Sociopathic Personality.) Iago so desperately wants Othello to become jealous, and he to start his envy and rage by creating lies of Desdemona being unfaithful. The chance comes when Iago see Cassio and Desdemona together. He makes comments of the two’s intentions, which actually causes Othello to wonder about what Cassio and Desdemona’s intentions actually are. When further questioned by Othello, Iago does not elaborate, which causes Othello to become even more suspicious. “Ha, I like that not” mumbles Cassio. Othello asks, “What dost thou say?” Iago answers, “Nothing, my lord” (III. iii. 34-40). Iago and Othello’s conversation about Cassio and Desdemona also proves demonstrates Iago’s manipulation. To Iago’s happiness, he has changed Othello’s perception of Cassio really quick with one story. Also, Iago also makes Othello desiring to know more about whether Iago is right in his observations of Desdemona’s affair. Iago manipulates Othello into thinking the same way which leads him to acting upon it. Othello has become mad with jealousy and Iago tries to redirect his emotions in false stories. Iago tells Othello, “I hear [Cassio] say, ‘Sweet Desdemona…let us hide our loves!’”(III. iii. 416-417) and “Such a handkerchief I am sure it was your wife’s –did I today see Cassio wipe his beard with” (III. iii. 434-436). This story that Iago maked up, especially about the

However, their love becomes sour. Othello loves Desdemona so much that whenever Iago feeds Othello with lies, Othello turns into a jealous monster. Once Othello is told nasty lies about Desdemona, he begins to hallucinate images of Cassio and Desdemona and “by the time we have reached the opening of the fourth act, the process is complete, and inner and outer vision are indistinguishable,” (Bell 779.) Othello at this point needs to be satisfied by his outward sight of sensing what we know before us is real and he urges Iago to give him confirmation of what has happened between Desdemona and Cassio (Bell 779.) As the rage and jealousy in Othello continue, Iago convinces Othello to kill Desdemona.

The retelling of the play "othello" is betrayal can lead to trickery, hate, and jealousy. Iago betrayals his best friend othello over othello wife desdemona which a deeply in love. Iago finds othello mother handkerchief which 'twas his first gift to his wife and Iago gives proof to othello that she is cheating with Cassio who drunk by Iago and fooled and othello gets proof based on textual evidence Iago nodded Now his revenge against Cassio was sealed. But he had more poisoned words for Othello. “My friend Cassio is as good as dead,” he said. Then he added slyly, “But let Desdemona live.’ Iago gives him proof then started being shallow with his feeling towards

He wanted to satisfy his jealousy and insecurities. Once again, this was a result of misplaced trust. He trusted his ensign Iago, but he did not trust his own wife. After Desdemona dies, Emilia reveals all that Iago has done, Iago kills Emilia, and Othello commits suicide. Othello eventually realized the mistake that he had made, but it was too late. He had been tricked by a deceitful Iago, and his jealous nature and misplaced trust caused him to kill his wife. This was something that he would have never done if he had been in his right mind. In response to finding out that he had been tricked, he killed himself. He sought to regain his honor by sacrificing himself. In a way, this undoes all of the wrong that had been done. His honor was regained and the wrong had been

In the play “Othello”, William Shakespeare creates the theme betrayal leads to hatred. To begin with, one of the characters, Othello, chooses Cassio as his lieutenant, and the third in command feels betrayed. The third in command, Iago devises a plan to ruin Othello’s life. According to the text, Iago lies to Othello by telling him Othello's wife, Desdemona, is cheating on him, “The women of Venice are skilled in deceiving their husbands - much as Desdemona deceived her father in marrying you.” This causes Othello to demand his lieutenant, Cassio, to die. Based on a retelling of “Othello”, Othello ordered, “Within three days let me hear you say that Cassio’s not alive.” Although Iago asks Othello if he should keep the alleged adulterer