In Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello: "Othello is jealous, Iago is envious, Jealousy is typically over that one possesses and fears to lose, while envy may be over something one has never possessed and may never hope to possess.... Jealousy is being used as a catalyst to cause relationship problems when the trusted Iago rots Othello's perception of his beloved Desdemona. ... From the start Iago makes it very clear how he feels about Othello and claims one of the reasons why was because Othello allegedly passed him over for a promotion and chose Cassio as military lieutenant i...

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