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Othello Jealousy Quotes

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Allyson Rosser
Mr. Spalding
Literature 2
25 April 2022

The real Green-eyed Monster
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” (3.3. Shakespear) This is one of the many famous quotes from William Shakespeare classic, Othello. This quote portrays the amount of jealousy that is dealt with and experienced in this play. Jealousy is a major theme that is portrayed throughout the play, this being said it is one of the common themes. Iago was one of the antagonists in this play; he was jealous of everyone around him and never took account the people who he may hurt. Jealousy is seen continuously in the play from manipulation, betrayal and murder from Iago.
Iago is driven by jealousy substaintly …show more content…

Sadly for Emilia and Iago’s relationship does not seem like the marriage everyone dreams about. Betrayal is a common theme in their relationship. In the end Emilia is killed because she ultimately gets caught up with lies from her husband. Emilia starts to get close with Desdamona and they start to create a strong friendship. They are able to turn to each other for companionship and comfort. This all started because of a handkerchief. Iago has been asking Emilia to steal a handkerchief that in the end has a sentimental meaning. The handkerchief was a gift to Desdamona from Othello and Iago wanted to plant it in Cassio’s possession so it could look like Desdamona was cheating. Desdamona never knew why Iago wanted the handkerchief so bad but she did it because she was his wife.“ I’ll have the work ta’en out And give ʼt to Iago. What he will do with it Heaven knows, not I. I nothing but to please his fantasy.”(3.3. Shakespeare) Emilia was always loyal to Desdamona. Emilia was concerned about why Iago wanted the handkerchief so bad and told him how she would miss it if she found out it went missing. Iago had his wife go and betray her own friend just because he was jealous and insecure about himself. He put himself before anybody else's feelings. This makes Iago look very selfish and for some reason uses people so he can go and betray them on …show more content…

Othello actually ends up killing Desdamona, his wife. The reason he does this is because he believes Desdamona had a relationship with Cassio. His excuse for it was because she wanted to kill her of all her lustful acts. “'Thy bed, lust-stain'd, shall with lust's blood be spotted” (5.1. Shakespear) Othello later learns that Desdamona was innocent and never cheated. This makes him commit suicide because allowed himself to feel jealous and not be able to deal with himself. After this, Iago kills his wife Emilia because she ends up telling people the truth about Iago. She tells the people Desdamona was always the innocent one and betrayed her own husband to tell the truth. Which was the right thing to do in the end even though it ends with her being killed. Iago could not just kill one person, so he went to kill Roderigo. He killed him because Roderigo tried to kill Cassio. Roderigo wanted to kill Cassio in the first place because he was promoted to Lieutenant by Othello. Iago was never picked which led to iago manipulating more people. This includes Roderigo. The only reason Roderigo wanted to kill Cassio was because of more of Iago’s manipulations. Iago used Roderigo’s love for Desdamona against him. He always had a fancy for Desdamona and he was never able to marry her. There is a lot of murdering happening in the last act of the play. Iago never ends up dying in the end and is able to be free. Cassio also doesn’t die in

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