To what degree is this a play about jealousy? What does it have to tell us about jealousy?
Jealousy plays a major role in Shakespeare’s Othello, mainly shown amongst two major characters Iago and Othello. Othello is married to Dsdemmo in which it is portrayed as a marriage that is filled with true love but Iago’s mindful games is what brings Othello’s jealousy in to play and destroys everything he has. With jealousy, you see Iago’s true colors and the major influence that he had on Othello in a negative way. Jealousy brought out doubt, suspicion, anger and many other negative emotions through Othello. Jealousy showed how much it can easily take away all the positivity and turn something so beautiful into something ugly. This becomes a major theme throughout the entirety of the play and shows that jealousy can bring out the ugliest version of one self and potentially destroy what was once beautiful if not controlled.
I am agree with you. Jealousy is what appears to destroy Othello. It is the emotion suggested to him by Iago. Iago thinks he knows jealousy, having rehearsed it in his relationship with Emilia to the extent that Emilia believes jealousy is part of the personality of men, but Iago’s jealously is a poor, weak thought compared to the storm of jealousy he stirs up in Othello.