1. Jealousy in Othello
... an overview of the entire act. He doubts himself in the beginning, Desdimona in the middle, and both himself and Desdimona in the end (http://web.signet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/shakespeare/othello_b.htm). By depriving himself of that initial venting process, Othello gives his jealousy the perfect culture on which his jealousy can turn cancerous and grow out of control ... for which no parallel can be found in [any of the other] tragedies; the only approach, and that a distant one, being the intrigue of Edmund in the secondary plot of King Lear- (Scott, 415).He speaks of Othello as "The Mo...
- Word Count: 2187
- Approx Pages: 9
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School