Essay about Destructive Jealousy in Iago and Othello

â€Å"Jealousy has the power to destroy† Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare uses both characters Othello and Iago to convey this message. Following the recent study of Shakespeare’s play â€Å"Othello†, we found a lot of information about the play and the theme jealousy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and histories, all were in five acts of poetry. My definition of jealousy is where someone has something or is able to do something that another person can do. They are jealous because the other people are able to and have the things they want but can’t get. The play ‘Othello’ is in Shakespeare’s group of tragedies, because of the deaths and misfortunes. The main characters in â€Å"Othello† are Othello himself, iago, Cassio, Desdamona and†¦show more content†¦He then decides to set up Cassio, Iago is happy because he can use Cassios weak spot against him. Women and wine. Iago then hides Othello so he can listen to Cassio talking about Desdemona, however it was actually Bianca, Iago and Cassio were talking about. At the end of the play Othello ends up killing Desdemona. There is also a strange question about, Iago may be in love with Othello in a homosexual way. Iago could only be jealous of his love not that Cassio has the position he wanted. Iagos jealousy is excessive. It is based mainly on evidence, except for the ideas of Emilia and Othello sleeping together. Othello’s jealousy is also excessive but this time it’s unrealistic. Othello’s imaginary allows himself to be manipulative. Dramatic irony is where a piece3 of information informs the audience of what is going to happen or what is happening but the characters do not know it. Iago warns Othello about him creating jealousy, because he needed to let the audience know what is going to happen, but without Othello knowing. Iago says, O beware my lord of jealousy, it is the green eyed monster†. 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