Power And Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello

Secrecy, deception, and duplicity are significant words that express Hamlet’s on-going madness. One of many forms of Hamlet’s madness lies within his deceitful actions that escalate from Claudius’s murderous attempt on Old Hamlet. As the play develops, readers may acknowledge suspicious and wariness atmospheres as Hamlet seeks to find confirmation and evidence against Claudius’s ferocious act. Hamlet’s deceitfulness is abundant and can be recognised throughout the play. His intention to justify his uncle’s murderous act involves deceitful planning and duplicitous mindset.

When a grudge has been held on for so long, a hatred will form. Tybalt starts his grudge by saying, “Patience perforce with willful choler meeting Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting. I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall” (1.5.88-91). In this quote, Tybalt is talking to himself saying that he will never forget when Romeo barged into a Capulet party. Romeo is a Montague, the rival family to the Capulets.

They both attempt to put plans to action that are hateful and deceitful, Abigail with trying to curse Elizabeth, and Chillingworth with torturing Dimmesdale. However, Abigail is jealous of elizabeth for getting to keep John, while Chillingsworth is angry at dimmesdale for having the affair. Throughout both stories the two characters are both act evil but it has come from their

Based off of the text, Richard III is a corrupt (or even evil) and manipulative type of character. One can consider him corrupt due to the fact that he is "determinèd to prove a villain". Since he decides to be a villain if he cannot get a lover (or in general, love), one is led to believe that once he is a villain, he will be loved and respected by others. Yet those actions will most likely be out of fear and hatred. Without a doubt, Richard III as much manipulative as he is the Duke of Gloucester.

Throughout King Lear, Shakespeare utilizes irony(dramatic irony and irony of names) and anthropomorphism to enhance the tragic flaws within King Lear and Gloucester as well as to amplify Edmund, Goneril and Regan’s diabolical plans and personalities. The Fool’s name is ironic because although he’s supposed to be an unwise man who entertains the King, he is the one to actually speak sense to King Lear, yet him being labeled a “fool” allows King Lear to overlook the Fool’s knowledge and continue to make foolish mistakes that lead to his downfall. Dramatic irony is continuously displayed by informing the audience of Edmund, Goneril, and Regan’s evil schemes while leaving the rest of the characters ignorant allowing for the audience to see the

Additionally, they are both vengeful. Hamlet shows that he is vengeful when he says “Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge”. Laertes shows that he is vengeful when he wants to kill Hamlet. They also both care about Ophelia. On the other hand, Hamlet and Laertes have some differences.

During the play Iago seems to transform from slightly conniving to very sinister. This alone contributes to the interest factor of the play. It is later disclosed that Iago does not simply desire revenge for Othello making Cassio lieutenant, but because he believes Othello slept with his wife, Emilia. “For that I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leaped into my sea…” These assumptions lead to a buildup of jealousy and an explosion of revenge, which adds drama to the theme of betrayal by giving the original problem something more to feed off of. Iago also betrays Desdemona when he decides to break apart her loving relationship because of his own emotional distress.

Significantly he tells inconvenient truths to the King with the unbridled insolence of a conscience. The King’s descent into madness comes when, importantly, he banishes his Fool ' '. (2016:278).In fact, King Lear is a masterpiece of psychological insight into human nature. In this tragedy scene, the picture which Shakespeare has painted of King Lear becomes completely reversed here. Indeed, Many characters have flaws affecting their decisions in English literature, they made mistakes only to realize them later.

The words “bad” and “evil” are correlated with one another as if they go hand in hand. However, the only parallels are the negative connotations that each word carry. Each word sends a different message, and in Henry the fourth Shakespeare shows these differences using theft and usurpation. This is shown through dramatic scenes through the entirety of the play. To have a better understanding of the words bad and evil; the definition for the word bad is of poor quality; inferior or detective and definition of the word evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent.

The characters portray real-life concepts of jealousy, going to great lengths to harm others, a result of their deep envy. Through the characters of Othello and Iago, Shakespeare reveals a condition of jealousy in human nature. Jealousy is a major theme in Othello, and Shakespeare employs the theme through Iago in many ways. The jealousy Iago expresses is a depiction of human nature, although it may seem as though he goes beyond what is normal. According to Psychology Today’s article “Jealousy: Love’s Destroyer,” “Jealousy lends itself far too readily to obsession and delusion.” This idea is clearly seen throughout the play in Iago’s most cunning of actions; his attempt to murder Cassio, and his malicious lies which tear Othello and Desdemona apart.