Poison of Jealousy in Othello

He looks more cunning than the Satan in the Garden of Eden! As the Satan convinces Eve to commit sin byeating the fruit from the forbidden tree, similarly, Iago persuades Othello and make him commit sin as the Moor doubtsand murders the virtuous Desdemona. In short, Iago…sees evil, he likes it, he dares it, he does it, he lives in it; and his heart, like a hydropic stomach, is not quiet tillit be full (Adams, n.d. p. 266).Notably, ―man was created happy, but he found out tricks to make himself miserable‖ (Adams, n.d., p.262). Similarly, we can say that Othello was ‗happy‘ earlier but Iago has made his life ‗miserable‘ later:Iago is actually at the center of the whole tragedy. He injects the poison of jealousy and on the process incitesOthello to murder Desdemona and, therefore, destroy his happiness. (Simour et al., 2016, p. 13)

Keywords:

jealousy , passion , evil