Great Works of Literature, Fall 2016 (hybrid)

Othello

To what degree is this a play about jealousy? What does it have to tell us about jealousy?

This play is about a love triangle. We see Othello in a love triangle. His mistress Emilia suspects Othello of having a wife. In the play, Othello said, “O the pernicious caitiff!
How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief
That was my wife’s?”

This shows that jealousy can cause social disfunction.

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