Iago's Jealousy In Othello

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William Shakespeare wrote “Othello the Moor of Venice” in 1604. In jealousy is basically how the characters lives in Othello from the beginning, when Roderigo is envious of Othello because he longs to be with Desdemona, and to the finale of the play, when Othello is filled with envy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair. For the most part the characters’ jealousy is produced by other characters. Iago is involved in much of this, telling lies and creating misleading situations. He is directly consumed with jealousy of that of Cassio and filled with hatred of Othello because he was not chosen as lieutenant, in which Cassio was. Iago only cares for himself in that he wants everyone to feel as he does so he creates the jealousy of other characters. Iago is a man blinded by envy and anger, with a goal in mind for everyone to become equally jealous, which he completes through his betrayal and manipulation of characters, specifically Othello.
To begin with, Othello goes on with the confinement of Roderigo in Iago. Roderigo so desperately …show more content…

Both of them decide to have an achievement in mind to have the upper hand over each other. Othello wants answers and Iago wants to trick those who have done harm to him. Iago turns conversations around to lead Othello to come up with an end plan that Iago wants. By doing so, Iago waits for what Othello says to figure out how to respond to increase Othello’s jealousy. For example, Othello asks Iago about Cassio being with Desdemona when the two see them together in a private area alone. “Was that not Cassio parted from my wife?” questions Othello to Iago, to which Iago responds, “Cassio, my Lord?” Othello answers back, “I do believe ‘twas he” (page 772). Here, Iago has beat around the bush to the question asked by Othello and thus asks another question, turning things around so that Othello actually answers his own

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