In everyday life people experience love, betrayal, and jealously in many different ways and it has its affects as well. As we try to control what happens, sometimes don’t always become successful, but as we keep ourselves and maintain our composure it sometimes turned into jealously and revenge. Jealously tends to district the one’s that is in some form of relationship from what they really need to focus and fix on. In modern day, a relationship between two people can be messed up by a person manipulating them in person or over the internet or assuming that the other is “stepping out” (cheating) during their relationship. In the play Othello, Iago was jealous of Cassio because Othello gave Cassio the lieutenant position and he felt that position was rightfully his. So Iago told Othello that Desdemona (Othello’s wife) was messing around with Cassio (act 3 scene 3) and it made Othello overwhelmed with jealously and he started having a stroke after his stroke Othello started to think about revenge upon Desdemona and Cassio. Also love, betrayal, and jealously had a negative effect on some of the characters of the play Othello and in today’s world. Love plays a big role in society today, it hurts, it plays tricks on you, and it turns you crazy. In the play Othello, no one was really suppose to know about Othello and Desdemona marriage, but when Iago and Roderigo were spying on Othello and Desdemona getting married (1.1.2). Roderigo became angered, because he asked Brantanio (Desdemona’s father) for her hand or to date his daughter and he turned him down. But after seeing the marriage with their own two eyes, Iago felt the need to manipulate Roderigo into telling Brantanio that “a black ram is tupping your white ewe”. By them telling Brantanio that his daughter was having sexual intercourse with Othello he wanted Othello thrown in jail, but when he went to confronted Othello about marrying his daughter. Roderigo was on Brantantio side while Iago was on Othello side making it seem like he was on Othello side all along, and it made Roderigo question “whose side is he really on?” But after everyone went to the court to have it approved that Othello be thrown into prison, Brantanio accused Othello of witchcraft by putting his daughter under a spell to fall in love with him. Othello explained the only witchcraft he has put upon Desdemona is that she fell in love with him because of the stories he told and because Brantanio kept him around every time he was there she was there as well.
Love is a strong emotion that can usually be seen in the faces of people who are in love. Trying to hide it what you feel about a certain person or thing makes it show more. It has a positive or negative effect on everyone including young people today. Love can make people look and act as if they hate one another or it can exaggerate their feelings. Outside forces like friend and family can affect love also. Betrayal is nothing more than love that has gone bad. There are many kinds of things that can contribute to it. There’s a desire for others, feelings being hidden, and even someone can betray their lover by trying to protect them. Desire can take control of a person’s mind and make him act on his feelings without thinking about the consequences. It feeds betrayal. Jealously feeds the hunger of betrayal because they both attack the heart and attack the ones who causing the pain. For an example “I hate the Moor: And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets He has done my office: I know not if't be true; but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety.” (1.3.12). this is really interesting because, Iago said he hates Othello because "the Moor" passed him over for a promotion to become his lieutenant. Yet, here, Iago says he hates Othello because he's heard a rumor that Othello has been hooking up with Iago's wife, Emilia, "twixt [Iago's] sheets." Iago says he doesn't exactly know if the rumor's true, but he's decided to go ahead and ruin Othello's life anyway. Seems like Iago has listed a couple of incompatible motives for seeking to destroy Othello, wouldn't you say? So, we're just not sure we can believe that Iago's jealous of Othello's supposed relationship with Emilia.
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