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    Iago plots with consummate sophistication, deliberately controlling Othello into trusting that Desdemona has been unfaithful. His comprehension of the human mind is wonderful, similar to his capacity to organize a confounded interweaving of pre-planned scenarios. Iago's misdirection is intense in view of his understanding, his intelligence, and what is by all accounts his inherent adoration for rich control. Since the play's hero is a military general, war is continually hovering in the background

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    When I think of Mexico, the first thing that comes to mind is drugs and violence, but also a home of sorts. My roots lie in Mexico and I love it, but the drugs and the violence has a firm grip on my perception of it. My views are not influenced by my own experiences, they are influenced by others’ experiences, mainly my father’s stories. 20 years ago, my father had just returned from the United States and he was back home in Mexico. Everyone was celebrating and having fun. After a couple hours of

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    Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked by it. Envy is powerful, envy drives a person to commit the unspeakable without a second thought. Envy is what drove Caitlyn to commit the unspeakable. Growing up as an only child for thirteen years of ones life may lead to a comfortable routine. In Caitlyn’s early years, she often played by herself. Having few friends, Caitlyn developed

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    How Is Tom Selfish

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    Would you ever lie to get out of a chore, or bring a pinch bug to church? Many people think Tom is a bad boy and he definitely is. He does a lot of bad stuff like, lying, stealing, etc. He should get his act together so Becky and him will last! Tom is a bad person, because he is a player, a liar, and very greedy about playing with other people's emotions. Tom is a player, he plays with Becky’s feelings all the time. He is aware that almost every girl likes him, and he continues to flirt with them

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    Some say that jealousy is just a persons way of showing their love. Others say jealousy is over-bearing and possessive.The characters in this novel learned this the hard way. Feelings of love and passion in the beginning of the relationship, and it turns to jealousy and possessiveness by the end. Not only did the relationship turn sour from the jealousy, but the lies that broke the trust the two of them had built. Stay is an amazing story that teaches a valuable life lesson about jealousy, possessiveness

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    more to do with Jealousy than we thought. TED Project Thesis: Jealousy leads our minds to see things differently than they appear and create a story in our minds that isn 't true. I want my audience to know how a person 's self esteem affects a person and how that makes a person feel more jealous. I also want my audience to see how the mind trick us into seeing and thinking things that are not true so we can get even more jealous. I had a story that lead me to this idea of jealousy. One time I was

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    Stockton's Jealousy

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    her love. Her jealousy and barbarism continue to be seen when she’s very jealous of the Lady that’s picked out for him, the princess described as “that hot-blooded, semibarbaric [sic] princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy” at the thought of losing him (303). This is important because she would have chosen the door with the Tiger out of jealousy to prevent him from being married to someone else who isn’t

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    Iago's Jealousy

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    just like Othello, Iago is also a victim of jealousy. Iago is shown as a murderous and selfish human being by the crimes he had committed, and by the end of the play he had killed his wife Emilia, Roderigo and brainwashed Othello into thinking his wife was cheating on him with Cassio, but I believe the most important message to remember is that he does all these acts because he feels a strong emptiness pain as if he carries a heavy weight of jealousy and loneliness everywhere. In other words, he

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    Othello's Jealousy

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    In the play Othello Shakespeare uses the theme jealousy to encourage the characters of the play to make rash decisions. Every main event in the play is driven by the force of jealousy. In the play jealousy is even referred to as being a main point several times. Jealousy drives the play and is the cause and effect of the main parts of the play. Iagos is extremely jealous of cassio because cassio got promoted to a position that Iago believes he should have. Iago has an intense hate for Othello Because

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    Othello's Jealousy

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    Shakespeare's works. Most obvious in the play Othello, is jealousy. Jealousy controls the characters in Othello from the beginning of the play to the end Some characters’ jealousy is caused by other characters, like Iago. He creates lies which cause other characters to act differently. He is jealous of Cassio and angry with Othello because he was not chosen as lieutenant of Cyprus, and Cassio was. Iago wants everyone to feel as bad as he does so he forces jealousy into other characters. Iago wants everyone to

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