Thursday, October 26, 2017

Othello HBL 10/27

Jealousy is a pretty strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by jealousy react?

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jealousy appears with Emilia when she saw how Othello and Desdemona were together in the beginning of the play compared to how Cassio treated her. Othello was taken over with jealousy when he was persuaded to think that Desdemona and Cassio where together.

Shannon Brady said...

Iago is jealous of Cassio being lieutenant. This leads him to plot an evil scheme to drive Othello to jealousy. Othello's jealousy leads him to believe Iago and want to kill both Cassio and his wife.

Anonymous said...

I meant to say compared to how Iago treated Emilia, not Cassio^^^^

Anonymous said...

Jealousy affects many of the characters through out the play. One character that is effected is Iago, he is jealous of Cassio because he did not get the spot of being Othello's lieutenant. Another character that is jealous is Roderigo because he likes Desdemona. Iago comes up with a plan to either kill Cassio or to get Othello to resign Cassio as his lieutenant. Roderigo reacts by telling Iago that he will kill Cassio so that Desdemona can stay in Cyprus longer. This theme appears in Cyprus.

Anonymous said...

Othello because he is jealous with Cassio because he thinks Desdemona is cheating on him. Othello gets angry and wants to kill Cassio because of what he has done to him, and Desdemona as well.

Anonymous said...

Jealously appears at many parts like where Iago tells Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio, and Othello shows signs of jealously. Othello becomes extremely angry and decides that he wants to kill Cassio and Desdemona, he is very upset with her actions.

Anonymous said...

Jealousy appears when Iago tells Othello that Desdemona may be cheating on him with Cassio. Othello gets mad and decides he wants to kill Desdemona and Cassio for their "crime".

Alexis Smith said...

Jealousy appears throughout this play particularly with Othello and Desdimona. Othello is so convinced that Desdimona is cheating on him with Cassio and nothing can change his opinion. His jealousy is beginning to drive him crazy and causing him to do things he never previously would have done. Emilia is also jealous of Othello's relationship with Desdimona at the beginning of the play and wishes that her and Cassio's relationships was like that.

Anonymous said...

Othello gets very jealous after he is "learns" that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. He gets very angry and he feels betrayed. After this he is set on a dark path of revenge and he won't stop until he gets it. Also in the beginning of the play Iago is jealous of Cassio because he got the position that Iago thought that he deserved. This made Iago want revenge on Othello for betraying him.

Anonymous said...

What starts the whole story is that iago is jealous that cassio is othellos right hand man because iago was othellos best friend. Then iago starts making more lies to try to get cassios position but that not enough. So he begins to try to get othello to believe that desdemona is cheating on him.

Marc Yordy said...

Jealousy occurs when Othello "finds" out that Desdemona is cheating on hime with Cassio. Othello is upset and decides to suffocate Desdemona and have Iago kill Cassio

Anonymous said...

Jealousy occurred when Iago found out that Cassio was chosen to be lieutenant. Because of this, he turned into a villain that would lie and manipulate to get what he wanted. Jealousy also was present when Othello was convinced that Desdemona was cheating on him with Cassio. It turned him into someone so different. He turned into someone who wanted to kill his own wife.

Anonymous said...


When the handkerchief gets passed around to other people, Othello begins to get jealous and starts get worried. Roderigo is jealous of Desdemona because he likes her but she with someone else. Roderigo says that he is going to kill Cassio so that he has a chance to be with her. Iago is also jealous because he was wanted to be the new lieutenant but Othello got it instead. Iago has made this whole devious plan to get that spot.

Anonymous said...

Othello gets jealous when he hears that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Also Iago is jealous in the beginning because Cassio is the lieutenant and he is not.

Anonymous said...

Jealousy is seen throughout the play mostly between Othello and Desdemona. When Othello learns that Desdemona is "in love" with Cassio he becomes very jealous. Othello starts to go crazy because of how jealous he is. Iago is also jealous at the beginning of the play because Cassio go the position that Iago wanted.

Anonymous said...

In the beginning of the play when Othello chooses his lieutenant, Iago becomes furious and becomes extremely jealous over the fact that he wasn't chosen to for the job. So, Iago comes up with a plan to manipulate many characters of the play and seek out what he desires most.

Anonymous said...

Jealousy occurs when Iago finds out about Cassio becoming lieutenant. This turned him to becoming evil and lying to get what he wanted

Anonymous said...

Jealousy appers in many spots of the book. First when cassio receives lieutenancy. Another is when Iago and Othello walk in on Desdamona and Cassio getting away "suspiciously." The characters are in turn angry, frustrated, and seek revenge.

Libby Benson said...

One of the characters that I think has the most jealousy is Iago. Iago is jealous of Cassio and Othello. Iago wants Cassio's standing in lieutenant and othello's power. When not given the lieutenant job he strikes back at Othello which shows more of his true feelings.

Anonymous said...

Iago is jealous of Cassio because he is not Lieutenant and feels like he's more qualified than Cassio. His reaction is to frame Cassio and make Othello believe that Desdemona is cheating on him. Othello is jealous when he finds out that the handkerchief he gave Desdemona has been passed around to other people and his reaction is to get angry with Desdemona. Rodrigo is jealous of Othello because he loves Desdemona. His reaction is to be manipulated by Iago and get rid of anyone that is getting in the way of him being with Desdemona.

Anonymous said...

Iago is jealous of Cassio being chosen over him for lieutenant, so he chooses Cassio to have an "affair" with Desdemona. Othello is jealous of Cassio and Desdemona's supposed affair, and so he has Iago kill Cassio while his kills Desdemona.

Cece Phillips

Anonymous said...

Othello becomes jealous when he hears that Desdemona has been cheating on him with Cassio. But, prior to this, Cassio becomes jealous he isn't promoted to lieutenant, but Cassio is.

Ethan Moore said...

Iago is Jealous of Cassio's promotion, Othello is Jealous of the Cassio "getting with" Desdemona. The characters who become jealous react gravely.

Anonymous said...

I see jealousy the most with when Iago tells Othello about Desdemona and Cassio. Othello becomes enraged and wants Desdemona and Cassio dead for their "crime".

Anonymous said...

Iago is really jealous of Cassio throughout the whole entire play and this is Iago's motive to utterly ruin Cassio's social life. At the start of the play Iago gets news that Cassio as been moved up as lieutenant and gets very jealous and then starts to develop as the antagonist of the play. With this jealousy from Iago it effects what the other characters think as well through manipulation. For example, Cassio gets in a fight with Montano while he is drunk and this is action comes from Iago influencing Rodrigo to aggravate Cassio

Anonymous said...

Jealousy is seen throughout the play mostly between Othello and Desdemona. Othello believes that she is having an affair with Cassio and thus wants revenge of both of them. Jealousy is also seen when Cassio is not given the lieutenancy. All of these events have lead up to the jealousy between the characters.

Anonymous said...

Jealousy is seen throughout the play in many ways. Othello believes that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, whitch inrages him. Rodrigo wants Cassio dead so he can have Desdemona.
Austin Rupert

Anonymous said...

Jealousy appears almost everywhere throughout the story. One of the most profound cases of jealousy in the story is when Othello believes Casio and Desdemona are having an affair. After hearing that, Othello wants revenge of both of them.