Jealousy Quotes

Question 1

‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy: It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on’ - Iago (3.3)

Answer 1

Metaphor - presents jealousy as a beast that mocks and destroys its host - subtly warning Oth whilst projecting his own envy
Iago is jealous - perhaps foreshadows him as ‘monster’ who will eventually consume Oth

Question 2

‘I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her’ - Oth (3.3)

Answer 2

Shifts love to hatred rapidly - jealousy erases compassion
No longer thinks clearly or fairly - reacting emotionally rather than seeing truth
Victimhood narrative

Question 3

‘Give me the ocular proof’ - Oth (3.3)

Answer 3

Irony - demands evidence but accepts Iago’s manipulation
Insecurity and desperation

Question 4

‘Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her!’ - Oth (3.3.)

Answer 4

Explosive language - jealousy drives him to a misogynistic fury
Contrasts earlier scenes ‘My fair warrior’

Question 5

‘They are not ever jealous for the cause, but jealous for they are jealous’ - Emilia (3.4)

Answer 5

Offers a proto-feminist insight - jealousy is often baseless (unsupported) and self-sustaining

Question 6

‘I’ll tear her all to pieces!’ - Oth (3.3)

Answer 6

Violence escalates from emotional suspicion to physical threat - tragic turning point

Question 7

‘Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow hell’ - Oth (3.3)

Answer 7

Personification and religious imagery - consumed by darkness, despair and supernatural elements
Plays on his own identity of stereotypes
Marks his moral fall

Question 8

‘Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men’ (5.2)

Answer 8

Self-justification rooted in jealousy - he views murder as moral, not emotional
Echoes Brabantio’s warning to Oth (1.3)