at every living being is a threat. 'Carol Ann Duffy' uses the phrase "a dull grey pebble fell to the ground" to show that jealousy is so powerful that it can turn the most colorful creature – i.e. a bee – into a dull piece of stone. Also unlike in My Last Duchess and Othello, Medusa's jealousy also affects other living beings but herself.
             In My Last Duchess, the narrator uses the phrase "I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together" implying that the Duke has either killed his Duchess or ordered for her to be killed. Robert Browning's use of the imperative "I gave command" suggests that Duke's jealousy has overwhelmed him to the point in which he must kill his Duchess. This gives the reader a shock as the phrase suggests that the Duke does not hesitate in his command but orders the duchess to be dead in an instant without confirming his doubts.
             In Othello, jealousy also leads Othello to commit murder and suicide. Similar to My Last Duchess, Othello also exclaims that Desdemona – his lover- must die immediately without any definite evidence of the allegations made by Iago (The conversation that Othello overheard was merely circumstantial evidence and had Othello not been duped by Iago he would realize that the conversation was not what it seemed). Shakespeare writes in Othello that "They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they are jealous" implying that jealousy does not need a reason to come about. In doing this both Browning and Shakespeare have implicitly suggested that jealousy is based upon allegations, doubts and accusations – never any hard solid evidence.
             All three writers differ in their opinion of how jealousy comes to be in a person. Firstly, in Othello all of the characters describe jealousy itself as a monster, as opposed to describing the person affected by jealousy as a monste
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