Othello: Iago - "O, Beware, My Lord, Of Jealousy"

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to conjure up a scheme to acquire Desdemona. He gives in to
Iago at the beginning of the play. In effect he has become the villian's
disciple. By doing this, he himself has adopted the green-eyed monster image.
In act two, he is prompted by Iago to cause a commotion and begin a fight with
Cassio. Later in act four, scene two, Roderigo is convinced by Iago to kill
Cassio. In act five, scene one, Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio but only
manages to wound him. At the same time Cassio wounds Roderigo. Iago (who was
watching this fight) leaves only to re-enter later and kill Roderigo.
Roderigo's jealousy brought upon his downfall.
Most people do not think of jealousy as Iago's downfall, but in essence,
jealousy has many negative effects on Iago. By using Iago, Shakespeare has
shown just how powerful jealousy really is. Iago is cunning, crafty,
intellectual and intelligent. Despite seeming to be impermeable to negative
emotions such as jealousy, the exact opposite seems to ...

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