Duality Of Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello

To be human is to want, to be human is to feel desire, to be human is to feel the duality of emotion, to be human is to create your perception of the world around you. Othello exhibits how the human experience can be written and read through representation of the duality of jealousy and importance of historical and societal context when creating meaning as well as how your own perception of the world around you is established. This is an insight I have gained as a member of the 21st century contemporary audience who values self improvement and fulfillment ,drawing me to the duality of jealousy thus revealing the importance of ambition, and how jealousy can create ambition and insecurities, as well as how prejudices and false narratives can

Shakespeare creates Iago and Othello to be exceedingly jealous ,an Inherent aspect of the human condition, to represent the duality of jealousy, that being insecurity and ambition. Iago's jealousy is best represented in the quote “In following him, I follow but myself(Act 1.1 Iago)”. The use of juxtaposition allows contemporary audiences to understand how jealousy creates ambition and acts as a catalyst for self fulfillment and improvement. This develops the audience's understanding into motivations behind decisions people make allowing for a greater understanding into the world around them to be formed. However through applying historical context a member of the Elizabethan audience would interpret ambition in Othello as a warning against defying the great chain of being.Another example regarding

Throughout the play characters' perception of the world around them is altered due to manipulation and deception, something which is an unique part of being human, as no other life form can lie or create fiction for their own personal benefit . An example of this is in "I am not what I am. (Iago Act1.1)" which effectively uses dramatic irony to establish Iago has a manipulator and character who creates the many false narratives in the play. Iago presents himself to other characters as honest and trustworthy, creating a false narrative which he can use to manipulate others in order to achieve his goals. This allows the audience to understand the importance of forming judgements based on their own knowledge and invites the audience to question what they are told. This has developed my understanding of the way the human condition is written and read in othello, As I believe that Shakespeare was being meta and inviting the audience to question the meaning of his own work which he had written and find their own. Another example of appearance and reality in Othello is social prejudice regarding Othello’s race and how people perceive his relationship with Desdemona ."Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: / She has deceived her father, and may thee. (Act 1.2)" uses foreshadowing to present Brabantio's pre