Jealousy

Question 1

Jealousy and destruction

Answer 1

Destroys love, honour and nobility
Makes both male protagonists murderous and violent
Nature of jealousy, not to be satisfied - Iago continues plotting against Othello until desdemona is dead
Othellos jealous thoughts are characterised by references to acts of violence against desdemona
“Tear her alive to pieces”
“Chop her into messes”

Question 2

Imagery of jealousy

Answer 2

All consuming, irrational emotion
“The green eyed monster”

Question 3

Jealousy and madness

Answer 3

Iago makes explicit connections between jealousy and madness
If jealousy is associated with madness, to what extent is Othello responsible for the actions he commits when he is under its influence?

Question 4

Jealousy and madness
‘He foams at the mouth”

Answer 4

Animalistic
Othello is in a ‘fit’

Question 5

Professional jealousy

Answer 5

Iago envy Cassio primarily because he has promoted
He is motivated by jealous thought about Cassio
Element of professional jealousy with his treatment of Othello?

Question 6

Sexual jealousy

Answer 6

Iago’s is prompted by rumours that “the lusty moor/hath leaped into my seat” prompted by competitiveness/possessiveness
Othello can’t stand the idea of Desdemonas “stolen hours of lust”
Both men feel jealous as they have lost possession of something that they held dear

Question 7

“ Jealous souls will not be answered… They are not jealous for the cause/but jealous for they’re jealous”

Answer 7

Emilia’s definition suggests how irrational and corrosive it is

Question 8

“ jealousy is the green eyed monster”

Answer 8

Monstrous force that consumes and ridicules the person who harbours it

Question 9

“To follow still the changes of the moon with fresh suspicions? No.”

Answer 9

Othello claims he will never let jealousy consume his life