Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello
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William Shakespeare was an actor, poet and playwriter who is known of as one of the greatest writers in the English language. His work consisted of comedies and tragic plays which portrayed situations and conflicts that are still relevant to events taking place in present time. In the play Othello, the tragedy puts focus into the fall of Othello and other characters due to jealousy. The presence of jealousy creates many conflicts involving characters and their emotional distress from the events taking place around them. These feelings of jealousy alter a characters' perception of reality, conditions them to jump to false conclusions, and makes them act irrationally in the height of their emotional conflicts. Jealousy is one of the most …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that william shakespeare was an actor, poet, and playwriter. his work consisted of comedies and tragic plays which portrayed situations and conflicts that are still relevant to events taking place in present time.
- Analyzes how iago's selfish mindset leads him to persuade everyone to change their thoughts, perceptions, and actions by using false claims and evidence.
- Analyzes how roderigo falls in love with othello because of his relationship with desdemona. iago's clever, quick witted thinking allows him to portray himself as caring for others' problems.
- Analyzes how the main characters displayed their insecurities by perceiving events in a selfish, jealous way. iago's failure of becoming lieutenant drives his emotions.
- Analyzes how iago manipulates othello to have the thought of desdemona and cassio together running through his head, making him pick between the possibility of an affair or the loyalty of his wife.
- Analyzes how iago avoids answering questions by asking another question, and waits to respond by saying something that will make othello's thoughts wander increasing his fury.
- Explains that othello's question was never answered by iago, but he came to his own conclusions based on jealousy and reacted on his assumptions of the situation.
He becomes envious of Othello because of his relationship with Desdemona, the desire for her love causes Roderigo to pay for Iago's help to win her over. Iago uses this as an excuse to take out his envious emotions and begin his plans for the destruction of Othello. The first step of his master plan is to put a dent into Othello's reputation. He uses Roderigo to get Barbantio's attention of the unknown relationship between his daughter and Othello, "Call up her father. Rouse him, make after him, poison his delight," "Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags! Thieves, thieves!", "I am one sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the moor are now making the beast with two backs." (1. 1. 69-70, 82-83, 117-118). Although he truly does not care for helping Roderigo, the situation allows him to become closer to his goal. Iago's clever, quick witted thinking allows him to say the right things at the right time to portray himself as caring for other people's …show more content…
Iago's failure of becoming lieutenant is a driving factor into the way he resolves his emotions. By using his jealousy to persuade characters, Iago pushes and tricks Othello into believing lies about the apparent affair between Cassio and
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- Cites william shakespeare's the tragedy of othello and the moor of venice from literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, and drama, sixth edition.
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- Analyzes how iago is the main character in shakespeare's play othello. he is persuasive and helpful to the other characters, but his hatred, selfishness, and jealousy make him one of shakespeare’s greatest villains.
- Analyzes how iago is determined and emotionless. he brings negative outcomes to every character he comes in contact with. shakespeare shows his real power of fraudulence.
- Analyzes how iago tells the reader of his anger towards othello for overlooking him for the position of lieutenant.
- Analyzes how iago's plot is to get closer to othello by stealing and killing cassio.
- Analyzes how iago's next plan is to cause upraise with brabanzio, desdemona’s father. he goes to his house and declares that he has been robbed of his daughter.
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- Analyzes how cassio thinks about the handkerchief and asks a prostitute named bianca to copy to token for him. iago tells othello the affair, and desdemona attacks her.
- Analyzes how iago instructs roderigo to ambush cassio but misses and wounds himself instead. othello is standing over desdemona's sleeping body.
- Analyzes how othello tells emilia and everyone else that he killed his loving wife for betrayal and then fights with iago.
- Analyzes how iago is determined to get things done when it is for something he wants. he is self-centered and cares for no one's emotions.
- Analyzes how iago is one of the most notorious villains in shakespeare's plays. he fills himself with self-assurance and takes the reader into his head to see his confidence.
- Analyzes how iago brings nothing but destruction. he is obsessive with winning, and his evil seems to reside in his talent.
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