Examples Of Jealousy In Othello

There are two forms of jealousy people experience in this world being envious of what others have and fear of losing what you have. Being that I was the youngest in my family I always envied my older brother. He was better than me at everything such as baseball, basketball, skateboarding, drawing, he was even better looking than me. He was the star of the family and I hated it. I’d do things to get him in trouble such as pick fights with him and tell when he did bad things. I was envious of what my brother had just like Iago was envious of Cassio. In Othello, by William Shakespeare they show two forms of jealousy being envious of what others have and fear of losing what you have;Shakespeare uses these forms of jealousy to show how jealousy

Roderigo and Iago are in a courtroom Roderigo starts to tell Iago how he is frustrated that Desdemona is still in deep love with Othello. Roderigo states to Iago that “I will incontinently drown myself” (Othello 1.iii 300). This quote shows that Roderigo is envious of Othello because Othello and Desdemona are in deep love which is the cause he wants to kill himself. Another example is in Act 1 Iago and Roderigo are talking outside in the Venice streets; Iago tells Roderigo on the logic behind why he hates Cassio. Iago states, “Mere prattle without practicells all his soldiership. But he [Michael Cassio] sir, had the election” (Othello 1.i 23-24). This quote demonstrates that Iago is envious of Cassio because he got promoted instead of him, so he will now do whatever to ruin Cassio because he feels he deserved it. Both quotes prove that jealousy in the form of being envious of what others have can affect one's mind because Roderigo never had suicidal thoughts and Iago would’ve never wanted to ruin Cassio if he would have been given the promotion. However there is another form of jealousy that is used in Othello fear of losing what you