Essays on Othello Jealousy

In Shakespeare’s play, Othello, two people despite their differences find themselves in a forbidden love that is challenged by Othello whose jealousy leads him through a trail of deception and distrust that convinces him to betray his beloved wife Desdemona, ultimately leading to both their tragic deaths. Although the marxist lens offers an interesting perspective…

Human nature surrounds one’s hopes, flaws, and virtues that are essential to humanity. These characteristics define our vulnerabilities and drive us to do inhumane things. In the story, Othello, William Shakespeare presents the fascinating insight into human nature by examining many aspects of jealousy, love, racism, hatred, etc. These details are what the author explores…

In his lifetime, the well-respected military general Othello in William Shakespeare’s Othello has traveled the world, conquering obstacles no other man could, such as “moving accidents by flood and field /…hairbreadth ‘scapes i’ th’imminent deadly / breach …being taken by the insolent foe and sold to slavery” (Othello I.iii.156-160). Although valiant and well-seasoned in this…

Othello’s speeches are covered with romantic and poetic glow and in his speeches we come across with an adventurous hero who grown up in the shade of romance, adventure, war and danger of lifeaction. Since his childhood days he had been a romantic adventurer who had seen the difficulties and bitter adventuruos experiences in far…

According to Cambridge Dictionary, the term racism is “belief that people’s qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races” The Elizabethan Era began in 1485, with the finish of the…

William Shakespeare’s Othello illustrates the outcome of misunderstanding and emotional judgement that causes miscommunication. This story is a powerful example where tragedy comes from acts of misunderstanding (Donkor, 2016). Like most of Shakespeare’s love stories, Othello ends in tragic when there is suspicion of deception, and the lack of simple communication affects these main character…

Secrets, lies, jealousy, and rumors are a lethal combination which not only destroy lives but also cause multiple murders. Jay Gatsby, the character in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, and Iago from Shakespeare’s play Othello are consumed with chasing a dream and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Gatsby met…

Shakespeare’s work is undoubtedly the most popular and well known literature of all time. The fact that his work remains popular today is interesting, as many of his themes tend to verge on old fashioned, some even verging on offensive, especially by today’s standards. Specifically, Shakespeare’s Othello provides a few questionable themes. The most prevalently…

In today’s educational system, the use of Shakespeare as reading material has begun to dwindle. This is mostly due to people believing that the themes and ideas portrayed throughout the Shakespearean work are old, outdated, unrelated to the modern world. However, one of the biggest stories in politics and media nowadays are the ideals of…

In Shakespeare’s Othello we are introduced into a web of a world entangled with lies, jealousy, and ultimately tragedy. We observe as lago single handedly destroys the matrimony shared between Othello and the beautiful Desdemona. He does so with a flurry of deceit and trickery, playing upon one of the strongest human emotions, that of…