The play “Othello” written by William Shakespeare is about a general named Othello, a moor who lives in Venetia and is married to a woman name Desdemona, who is of a different race than Othello. Othello is a respected general, but less respected as a person because of his dark skin and foreign roots. The play’s main villain is a character named Iago, he is Othello’s sword bearer. He brings out his evil …showed first 75 words of 1182 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1182 total…Othello came out and caused him to kill Desdemona without even thinking. As the play concludes, all causes of jealousy are proved false. Othello realizes in the end that Desdemona was never unfaithful to him. But he realizes it too late and then kills himself. Jealousy is the source of pain and death for these tragic characters. The green-eyed monster, that is jealousy has succeeded in killing the characters that have been affected by it.