What is the most disastrous human emotion? William Shakespeare’s Othello makes it clear that the answer to this question is jealousy. After all, it is jealousy that drives Iago to concoct the plan, which ruins the lives of several innocent people including Othello, Desdemona, Emilia, and Roderigo. This play poses a distinct character foil between Shakespeare’s vilest villain, Iago, and the honest, but easily mislead Othello. This tragedy is mostly based upon Iago’…showed first 75 words of 1819 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1819 total…have on a mans soul and exposed this in Othello. For at first he began Othello’s suspicions by telling him what he really saw, that Cassio and Desdemona were friendly, and built upon that a web of deceit that “ensnared Othello’s body and soul”. This tragedy ultimately brings out credibility of one proof, that being that jealousy is one of the strongest human emotions and just as hate, it can consume you to.