The connection between Othello and Medea is the selfishness. These two text had selfishness throughout the text by the two characters Iago and Medea. Iago and Medea were selfish because they only thought about they feelings and nobody else and react to things when it didn’t go their ways by getting revenge. In “Medea” by Euripides, Medea lost her husband to another girl, got kicked out her town where she had to start everything over. Medea was selfish because since she lost everything apart of her life she want to get revenge on everybody who was apart of Jason’s life to hurt him. Medea said “I will kill the children-my children no one on this earth can save them. I’ll ruin Jason’s household.”(lines 812-19) Medea only thought about herself because she killed her children to get revenge on Jason because he ruined her life by taking her life from her and she didn’t want her friends to laugh at her for just leaving the town without getting even with Jason. As for Iago he was being selfish because he didn’t get the position he been wanting for a long time. Iago said “And nothing can or shall content my soul till I am even’d with him, wife for wife.”(Act 2, Scene 1) Iago didn’t care how nobody felt he was going to do whatever it took to get Cassio remove from the Lieutenant position and get Desdemona out Othello’s life, so he could get the position of lieutenant and have Othello focus on him more. The difference between Medea and Iago in getting revenge is Medea wanted to get revenge on Jason because he took everything from her, cheated on her and hurt her. But with Iago he just wanted to get revenge because he didn’t get the position he been dying for and he lost it to a rookie man who didn’t have experience in the position.