Jealousy

Question 1

what does Manichean mean

Answer 1

duality both good and evil-could be used to describe othello

Question 2

what is a cause of Othello and Iago’s jealous sentiment

Answer 2

Both have low trust in their wife and view lowly of women=self doubt which fuels their jealousy
Iago jealous Othello’s honour marriage=hatred. love for power and control jealousy and love for him excuses for craving power

Question 3

quote to show Iago’s jealousy to Othello (professional)

Answer 3

three great ones of the city, in personal suit to make me his lieutenant….i know my price i am worth no worse a place
wounded
mercenary diction of price and worth =sees professional relationships as no more than commercial exchanges
place =singular exclusivity and thwarted prestige recur in his later remarks (othello+emilia affair)

Question 4

Iago’s jealousy of Othello on a personal level in his relationship

Answer 4

it is thought abroad that twixt my sheets he has done my office
uses professional diction “done my office” to describe a domestic identity =views marriage same as he does his occupation both are competitions in which he cant bear himself to lose =his masculinity is based on these ideas
“for i fear Cassio with my nightcap too” Jealousy surrounding Emilia

Question 5

Iago’s jealousy in his relationship is reinforced in his soliloquy where he says…
seat
like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards

Answer 5

“seat”=ink to no worse a place and done my office -unique station professional Othello is higher than Iago but domestically Iago must retain patriarchal dominance over Emilia=have this taken away is unthinkable =emasculated is unacceptable
“like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards”
simile and personification =fragility of his manhood and ego=jealousy that he puts on Othello
SELF DOUBT IN OTHELLO AND IAGO THAT CAUSES JEALOUSY

Question 6

Signs at the start of the play of Othello’s insecurities
Rude am i in speech

Answer 6

-prefaces he is “rude am i in speech”
ironic conspicuous lack of rudeness in Othello’s oration =incredibly eloquent almost poetic speaker. Shows how Othello is self conscious he feels as a moor=outsider=this leads to him feeling Cassio is a better suitor for D so cant understand why she is with him

Question 7

Evidence that Iago’s manipulation has worked on Othello
for i am black and for i am declined

Answer 7

“For i am black” and “for i am declined”
implied contrasts between himself and Desdemona which previously marked a humanistic triumph in Othello and Desdemona’s marriage -reframed as shameful comparative points =self doubt=insecurities in relationship due to Iago’s “pestilence”
ironic as Desdemona loves Othello for his older more mature self
Jealousy of Michael Cassio
FORESHAODWS O DECLINE

Question 8

quotes that show Iago and Othello’s insecurities in their relationships cause the tragedy at the end

Answer 8

Othello=

Iago=

Question 9

quotes that show Emilia and Desdemona as helpless victims of their husbands jealousy and self doubts over their marriage

Answer 9

Emilia =”so speaking as i think, i die, i die”
Desdemona=”a guiltless death i die”

Both are victims of their husbands self doubts and insecurities in their relationships that cause them to become jealous

Question 10

Othello showing his self doubt around Desdemona’s infidelity

Answer 10

i think my wife be honest and think she not

Question 11

Iago showing his opinion on jealousy

Answer 11

its the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon

-could suggest Iago is the monster who whose victim will be Othello
the green eyed monster has taken Iagos want for more power and consumed him with jealsouy