She is not known as the green-eyed monster for her love and tenderness. She is not known as the green-eyed monster for her selflessness. She is not known as the green-eyed monster for her purity and sensitivity. Jealousy is known as the green-eyed monster purely for the reason that she is a monster. Not only does this demon have the ability to control one’s sense of reality, but also tear apart happiness with her long, sharp nails. Jealousy will use its revolting, fiery breath in order to burn the good in someone’s heart into a worthless pile of ashes. However, jealousy does not stop there. She crawls inside one’s head, whispering its manipulative thoughts repetitively to the point of destruction. After jealously has spoiled the brain rotten, …show more content…
“But jealous for they are jealous: ‘tis a monster Begot upon itself, born on itself” (Shakespeare AIII, Siii, 74). Emilia, Iago’s wife, states that people who are jealous are not jealous for a reason, but instead jealous because they are jealous. With this in mind, it is clear that Othello began the play as a monster that grew and grew out of nothing. Iago’s web of illusions causes Othello to go into a trance and be at a loss of words. “--Is’t possible?—Confess,--hankercheif!—O devil!—[Falls into a trance]” (Shakespeare AIV, Si, 78). Without having the ability to speak, Othello is portrayed as an animal. He has become an animal, a monstrous animal with no honor and consumed by jealousy. When he goes to Desdemona’s chambers to kill her, he thinks about stopping himself. However, he decides that she cannot do this to more men and proceeds with his plan. In fact, he denies her request to live just a bit longer in order to prove her innocence and smothers her to death with a pillow. Jealously has taken over such a big part of his mind that he is not even interested in her innocence and believes she is guilty no matter what she has to say. However, Desdemona does not have an ounce of jealously in her heart. She remained loyal to her husband throughout the entire play and trusted Othello to be faithful just as she was. “Nobody; I myself. Farewell: Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell!” (Shakespeare AIV, Sii, 113). Desdemona was never jealous; therefore she was never a monster. She was selfless and loving. Even in her dying breath she does not admit that her husband had killed her to spare him the punishment he will get. This is due to the fact that her love for him was so pure and real. The only thing that tore their relationship apart was not Iago, but jealously
In a passage from William Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago dramatizes a subsequent conflict between Othello and Desdemona when he warns the former of a green-eyed monster, the manifestation of jealousy. As the play progresses, Othello becomes more like this beast that Iago told him about. Instead of being the honorable and respectable character he was, Othello now displays a more questionable personality, one that causes him to doubt his wife of infidelity. Even though Iago does play a role, it is mostly due to Othello’s insecurity that transforms him into a monstrous person.
Othello has many positive traits, including being a great leader and loyal. He also has one negative trait that ultimately leads to his death; jealousy. Iago provokes deep, strong emotions in Othello, jealousy being the strongest. Jealousy is a nasty little emotion. It causes people to do terrible things because once it is on a person’s conscience, it stays for quite some time. Because of these effects, jealousy can impact some of the strongest people such as Othello. The love between Desdemona and Othello was portrayed so elevated and pure and was filled with religious words and phrases that just added to the strength and sanctity of their love. Othello has such a strong mind, but jealousy caused by the manipulation of Iago, negatively impacts him. Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with his friend Cassio. When Othello asks Iago for proof of Desdemona’s deceit, Iago describes scenes and events in which Othello has a reason to be jealous. In Act III, Scene I Iago is describing to Othello, Desdemona and Cassio’s imagined relationship, “It is impossible you should see this/ were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, as salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross as ignorance made drunk.” These images planted themselves inside Othello’s mind and haunted him until he did something about it. These images led to Othello believing Desdemona really did love
The play, Othello is one of the most famous tragedies composed by William Shakespeare during the Renaissance period. It powerfully portrays a world where the acts of evil ultimately vanquishes fidelity, nobility and integrity. The central themes jealousy and manipulation embodies the foretold tragedies and the downfall tragedies of the characters due to one’s insecurities. Through the use of literary techniques and figurative language, Shakespeare has effectively explored the themes of jealousy and manipulation.
In the play Othello, there are many jealous and selfish characters. Each of the characters at one point or another let their jealousy take over. It seems like they all have these plots and plans on how to hurt another character in the play either physically or emotionally, as an act of selfishness, so that they can feel better about themselves. One main character who seems extremely jealous in this play is Iago. Infact, probably the most jealous. Many bad things happen because of Iago. The first bad thing that Iago did, was tell Barbantio (Desdamona's father) that Desdemona has married Othello, the Moore. Iago was mad at Othello, because Cassio had made Othello a higher position and not Iago. Iago thought that he was the one who qualified for the position as general, not Othello. Iago was jealous because of this, so he decided to tell Barbantio about Desdemona and Othello. This was bad, because Barbantio did not know yet, and something like that should have been said by his own daughter, not someone who was not part of the family. The way Iago went about telling him was also bad. He called to his house in the middle of the night. He yelled it to Barbantio from downstairs into his window in a rude manner. " quote from Othello here." He wanted Barbantio to be upset about what had happened, and most of all, he wanted Barbantio to be mad at Othello and do something bad to him.
It is used astonishingly well is Shakespeare 's play Othello. Jealousy is the root cause of the Moors blindness and the reason that he is being deceived. It caused him to view Iago as a friend and turn against his wife. At its worst jealousy creates barriers between the way humans see themselves versus how others see them. In Othello Jealousy creates an inhibition between the way Othello views Iago and Desdemona warping the truth from who the characters truly are to who he believes them to be. Like Iago mentioned humans must beware of the green eyed monster otherwise we a subject to self torment and never ending
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock.The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss. Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er. Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves” (3.3.163-168). In Shakespeare’s Othello, jealousy is the common theme that becomes Othello’s undoing. Through text in the play, the audience can notice Othello slowly begin to become crazed through his speech.
Have you ever been jealous of someone due to some reason? One can understand how jealousy can affect him or her to do horrible things. Jealousy causes people to perform stupid actions that they would not have done if they were not jealous of something or someone. The protagonist and the antagonist are mostly driven by love and filled with the feeling of jealousy. Due to the feeling of jealousy felt by the antagonist, Iago about not getting the job he wanted, he makes a plan to somehow destroy Othello’s love for Desdemona. As the play progresses, the protagonist, Othello begins to appear more like Iago, as his jealousy destroys his wife and consumes his life. Therefore, jealousy is personified as a “green eyed monster” through the combination of Othello’s credulous nature and Iago’s malicious villainy. It is the reason for the change in Iago’s and Othello’s behavior, impacts the insecurity
Jealousy is described as someone who is feeling or showing envy of someone because of their achievements and advantages. Jealousy plays a major role in Shakespeare’s play Othello. There are many instances throughout the play that show jealousy between the characters. Throughout the play, jealousy is used for destructive purposes only. I believe that Iago longed to get revenge on Othello for previous issues. This only results in a long line of accusations and disputes between the characters in Othello.
One of Othello’s insecurities is that he “married up”. Othello thinks that by marrying Desdemona everything will be fine. Othello states, “For know, Iago, / But that I love the gentle Desdemona, / I would not my unhoused free condition / Put into circumscription and confine / For the sea’s worth. But look, what lights come / yond,” (1.2.27-32). Othello tells Iago that no one can do something negative to him again. He marries Desdemona because he loves her also, because she is wealthy and from a big family. Othello thinks that he gains the world by marrying Desdemona. Nevertheless, he does not know that marrying her may lead to huge problems, or end up with death. Not only married up lead him to jealousy, but also being Moor, or feeling lesser than others, lead him to jealousy. Othello says to Desdemona, “ By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in ’s hand! / O perjured woman, thou dost stone my heart / And <mak’st > me call what I intend to do / A murder, which I thought a sacrifice! / I saw the handkerchief!,” (5.2.77-81). These lines illustrate that Othello obtains anger form Desdemona because he thinks that she gives the handkerchief to Cassio. Othello feels that he is lesser than anyone because he thinks that Desdemona does not care about her husband’s stuff. By feeling lesser, Othello commences to be jealous from Desdemona. Lastly, Othello’s epilepsy lead to jealousy and ultimately death. At the very end of the play, Othello mentions that he does not want anyone to talk about any of the positive things that he did. He wants everyone to talk about the negative things only. Othello states, “Then must you speak/ Of one that loved not wisely, but too well;/ Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought,/ Perplexed in the extreme; of one hand,/ Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away/ Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued/ eyes,” (5.2.403-08). These lines illustrate that Othello is jealous from
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 others, begins to take advantage of those around him, and does not relent on anyone who gets in his way to gain what he craves most: power.
The psychological feeling of jealousy is defined as “a complex emotion marked by insecurity and the fear of losing something important. It is highlighted by feelings of abandonment and anger” (Alleydog.com). In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, jealousy acts as a catalyst for the tragic events that take place. Iago’s plan for Othello’s demise is motivated by jealousy, as Iago is enraged by not being chosen as Othello’s lieutenant, and due to his suspicion that his wife was having an affair with Othello. Roderigo also displays jealousy and envy towards Othello, which results in him providing money and assistance to Iago in exchange for helping Roderigo win over Desdemona. However, the greatest display
Being in love for the first time brings a numerous amount of emotions into play, one of them being jealousy. Although the feeling of affection is still there’s a sense of insecurity that grows regardless. Therefore any kind of accusation may lead to the destruction to even the strongest of relationships. In the play by William Shakespeare, “Othello”, the protagonist doesn’t know how to handle the ideology of his wife possibly not loving him anymore that leads him to do the unspeakable.
In Othello Shakespeare probes deeply into the human condition by creating characters, who, by their inability to think rationally, surrender what sets them above animals. Before he succumbs to Iago's poisonous innuendoes, Othello himself expresses his clear understanding of this role of the human intellect. He initially refuses to listen to Iago's suggestions that Desdemona cannot be trusted, "Exchange me for a goat/When I shall turn the business of my soul/To such exsufflicate and blown surmises" (3.3.194-96). Othello feels that he would be acting like an animal if he became irrationally jealous because someone would say "my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company" (3.3.198). He tells Iago that he will not blindly fall into jealousy, especially when he never has had reason to suspect Desdemona, "I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove;/And on the proof, there is no more but this--/Away at once with love or jealousy" (3.3.205-07).
Iago had tricked Othello into believing that Desdemona cheated on him with Cassio, thus causing him to become jealous. His jealousy overcame his usual respectable, noble personality and he became irrational and violent. His jealousy and rage lead him to kill his wife, something he would never have done if he had not been jealous.
The role of jealousy, love and betrayal play a major role in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. The entire play is based on the human interactions of the characters as related to Othello and Desdemona. The characters’ personalities, their social status, and their relationships to each other control the story line and their fate in the play. Othello is portrayed early in the play as an outsider with animalistic characteristics by Iago and Roderigo because of jealousy. “Your heart is burst; and have lost half of your soul/Even now, now, very now, an old black ram/Is tupping your white ewe”.(531) Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, accuses Othello of using witch craft on his daughter. “If she in chains of magic were not bound/ Whether a maid so tender, fair, and happy/ So opposite to marriage that she shunned…” (535) This point is important because Othello must defend himself not only to Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, but to the entire Venetian Senate. “And till she come, as truly as to heaven,/ I do confess the vices of my blood./ So justly to your grave ears I’ll present/ How I did thrive in this fair lady’s love, / And she in mine.” (539) Othello proves himself to be an intellectual hero early in the play. He has worked hard to gain respectability and power, but because he has a different background, is from another country, is dark-skinned and is older than Desdemona, he becomes jealous very quickly of Cassio. Cassio is from the same social class, is compatible with Desdemona and is a young handsome man. Iago has also convinced Cassio to seek favor with Desdemo...