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    October 15, 2017 Othello In the play, Othello, jealousy and envy are prominent themes from the beginning to the end. As the play starts to unwind, you can see jealousy is the major cause of all the drama in the play. Jealousy or envy is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing by someone else’s possessions , qualities or luck. Iago becomes engulfed by jealousy and it causes him to corrupt Othello. They are two men that cause similar crimes but we sympathize for Othello and hate Iago because

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    Shakespeare’s play Othello is based on the theme of jealousy. Jealousy is an emotion that consists of feelings of anger, resentment, and insecurities due to the fear of losing something or someone that is considered of great value (). In Othello he introduces three couples which all play a major role in the theme of jealousy and how it develops throughout the play. The three couples are Othello and Desdemona, Iago and Emilia, and Cassio and Bianca. Each couple allows jealousy to ruin their relationship

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    cheating or jealousy. In the play Othello: The Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare, Othello has been deceived by the stories of his trusted ancient, Iago. The stories have contributed to the moor’s insecurities about Desdemona, leading to the death of many major characters. Through the gullible and jealous nature of Othello, Shakespeare illustrates the decimating destruction of love. Othello’s gullibility emphasizes the erosion of Othello’s marriage caused by Iago’s fabricated stories. Othello always

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    Othello is one of the literary works that focus on the dangers of jealousy and how it can destroy lives. I think Othello is compromised by Shakespeare’s absorption with the emotion of jealousy particularly Othello’s reliance on Lago’s statements. The hero succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that Desdemona has been an unfaithful wife. “Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus”. Lago conveys that man has the ability to control his emotions but Othello is poisoned by the monster of jealousy

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    Othello- Jealousy

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    Jealousy, “the green-eyed monster” Shakespeare is consistent in his use of repeated themes throughout his works, particularly those of love, death, and betrayal. Shakespeare repeats these themes to set the mood through his works. It is important for Shakespeare to be consistent with his themes, or the plays would lose their meaning and mood. All of these themes are present in Othello, but the most dominant is the theme of jealousy, which presents itself multiple times throughout the play. We see

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    Othello Jealousy

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    The Human Instincts of Jealousy and Envy Have you ever though you deserved something more than someone else? Maybe a scholarship or a promotion, and you get a feeling in the pit of your stomach that feeling is envy. If you have gotten cheated on or have ever seen your crush flirt with someone else and you again get a feeling in the pit of your stomach that is the feeling of jealousy. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, he describes the story of a black general falling for an upper-class white woman,

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    Shakespeare’s’ Othello There are many different emotions like sadness, happiness, and joyfulness just to name a few that people can experience. One of the most powerful and sometimes dangerous emotions is Jealousy. Jealousy is a powerful emotion that most people experience at some point in their life. However, not everyone is affected in the same way. Some people are filled with insecurity. While others are filled with fear. Most people experience anger. In William Shakespeare’s Othello the audience

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    Jealousy In Othello

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    In Shakespeare’s Othello, jealousy plays an important theme in the play. The reader may notice jealousy's importance in the play when Iago states “I hate the moor” (1.3.362). When Iago states he hates the moor the reader can conclude it is because he is jealous of another character. Other characters display acts of jealousy in the play. So the reader can interpret that jealousy is an important theme. Betrayal plays a repeating theme in Othello that is important to the character development. Betrayal

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    Othello semmes to suggest that jealousy is a dangerous emotion that will destroy everything around you. This is shown through various characters throughout the play. One of these character who showed this was Emilia. She had stated “They are not ever jealous for the cause, but are jealous for they are jealous”. This supports my claim as people rarely ever have a reason to be jealous . the simply just are Anote character that agrees with my claim is ironically iago. He stated “Oh , Beware,my lord

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    Jealousy and betrayal are two words that often go hand in hand, especially in a relationship. In a relationship, the act of envy usually leads to betrayal when a person is being attentive of the other’s success and achievements. These type of relationships always have unpleasant endings that can be as bad as claiming the lives of innocent people around them. This shows how jealousy, betrayal, revenge can negatively impact people’s lives and can lead to a series of tragedies in the life of a hero

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