week 1 question 8

The category of Othello in jealous love is very fitting, and I think that this theme is one of the most ideal lenses to view the play due to the entire play. The use of love and jealousy among the cast gives a good point of reference to see that play in terms of love, and how other affect that, or provoke feelings of jealousy. Iago is mad he didn’t get the promotion, and hatches a plan to make Othello pay. From the start of the play, jealous love is what sparks the series of events that leads to others creating other forms of jealousy. Roderigo inflamed, since the girl he loves and is trying to elope, Desdemona is with Othello. They excite Brabantio by making him jealous, and fearful of Othello, saying he’s trying to take his daughter away. The plot of Iago is to make Othello jealous and unsure of the fidelity of his wife, Desdemona. And last, another motivation for Iago, is where he mentions that Othello had an affair with his wife, and thus making iago jealous Othello, and to provide with enough of a reason to hate Othello.