Blogpost #19: Freestyle: Othello

Lines 178-180

“Iago: O, beware, my lorf, of jealousy.
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feed on…”(Kennedy986)

I’ve heard this quote before but I didn’t it was from this play. In relation to the quote, I think the central pivotal emotion that drives this play is jealousy alone. To me, It is true when they say that, “It is better to have loved, than to not loved at all.” Love, however, comes with so many emotions linked with it. Marriage solidifies and takes the relationship to different level. Jealousy in this case is maddening because that supposed bond is questionable filled with endless doubts. In this play, I feel like Othello did not do his part. He failed to communicate with her to tell her bluntly that he thinks she was cheating with Cassio. If the relationship was a strong as perceived a sin the beginning, then this jealousy issue wouldn’t be a problem. This is an example of letting rumors affect you to the extreme and sadly, a wise-man named Iago exploited the emotion called jealousy.