Iago Jealousy Analysis

Iago and jealously

In “Othello” by William shakespeare jealousy seems to be a theme within the the play. Indeed the phrase “green eyed monster” comes from this very play. The definition of jealousy is something like “feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.” or “feeling or showing suspicion of someone 's unfaithfulness in a relationship. This one feeling is picked up by a couple characters including Othello and Iago.

The character were going to look at is Iago. Iago is the main antagonist in the play and is considered the most evil fictional character in literature by many readers and writers. He is the husband of Emilia an attendant to Desmona the wife of Othello. Iago says “One Michael Cassio, a Florentine,

So now there is even more fuel in Iago 's tank of Jealousy. So Iago devises a plan to rid of Othello and Cassio by first of getting Cassio Drunk and humiliated so then Cassio would have to seek attention from Othello’s wife Desdemona to get back on Othello 's side, Iago then plants Desdemona’s napkin, which his wife Emily had picked up after desdemona dropped it, into cassio’s room.

Cassio finds it and holds on to it, meanwhile Iago informs Othello that Cassio has been seeing Desdemona quite a bit, Leading to Othello getting jealous. They then call for Cassio. Iago starts asking Cassio about his mistress. Cassio answers the question with confidence thinking that they were asking about his relationship with Bianca but Othello thinks cassio is talking about Desdemona and gets even more Jealous. With order from Othello Iago got Roderigo to go and kill Cassio but insteads Injures Roderigo and in madness Iago finishes off Roderigo and Cassio. Meanwhile Othello is strangling Desdemona in bed and Emilia tries to convince him that Iago lied and planned this. Then it was too late Othello’s wife was dead. Iago comes back with the dead