Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello

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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare has been influential for many years. A play made for enjoyment that actually holds many truths of human lives within it. Othello takes hold of one man’s jealousy turned into a blood shedding story and the manipulation and betrayal all go too far. Othello explores the themes of how strong jealousy can be, how manipulation can be seen through those least expected, and how betrayal is seen even in loved ones. The play begins with Iago’s jealousy over the position Cassio received instead of him. His jealousy caused him to create a contrivance to destroy Othello for not giving the job to him. Iago needed help so he went to Roderigo, who was desperate to be loved by Desdemona, and…show more content…
Iago plays with Othello’s trust which develops the jealousy within Othello to grow. Othello comes to believe that his fair Desdemona is secretly being unfaithful to him with Cassio, due to Iago’s lies. Othello believes what he hears Cassio say about Bianca is actually about Desdemona, which creates his jealousy to grow quickly. When Desdemona talks about how Cassio deserves his job back Othello then decides that what he thought was happening needs to end. Othello was consumed by jealousy and reason could not be processed by him. Desdemona kept denying the affair but Othello could only see through his jealous eyes making him think that she was lying. In the end Othello decides to kill Desdemona before she could hurt anyone else, however, he can not damage her delicate beauty so he suffocated her so she would die without any punctures in her skin. Iago took this simple emotion everyone has and tuned it into a weapon that would end up destroying…show more content…
He gets them all tangled in his web of lies and deceit. Manipulation in the right hands can become a powerful thing, which Iago used to get what he wanted. Iago pretends to be Cassio’s friend and gives him a drink to let off a long day’s work. When Cassio was drunk Iago went and told the other characters that he had a drinking problem. When Othello finds out Cassio was drunk and not doing his job he drops Cassio from that position. Iago gets Cassio to talk to Desdemona about getting his job back. When Desdemona asks Othello to give back Cassio’s job it tricked him. This made Iago’s plan of manipulation work. When Othello sees Bianca with Desdemona’s handkerchief it aligns with what Iago said about seeing Cassio with
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