In the play Othello, William Shakespeare uses revenge to prove jealousy is a moving emotion as well as ruins lives easily. Throughout the play, jealousy seeps through the minds of the character that then lures them into believing revenge is sweet. Roderigo is a man who has an incredible infatuation for Desdemona, Othello's wife, to which he can't have, so he seeks revenge on Othello. Iago is an expert manipulator who becomes angered by Othello's choice of Cassio for lieutenant and therefore seeks revenge on Cassio. Othello is a sweet, caring, army general whose life is turned upside down with counterfeit rumors about his wife and Cassio, for which he seeks revenge on Desdemona.
             Roderigo, a friend who has this lust for Desdemona, becomes jealous of Othello because he had the ability to win her love. He then wishes to win her love by degrading Othello of his status. He thinks that if he told Barbantio, her father, "I think I can discover him if you please" (I. i. 178) of their marriage, he then will win Desdemona as a consolation prize. He then pays Iago to help him in any which way he can and Iago tries to get him to "provoke him that he may" (IV. ii. 178) Cassio so that Othello will be mad at him. Throughout the play, everything turns against him and he ends up on his deathbed.
             Iago, manipulator and reason of this revengeful play, gains this unfortunate jealousy of Cassio due to his winning of the lieutenant position. He becomes angry with Othello as a result urges revenge to destroy his one thing that he loves most, Desdemona. "After some time, to abuse Othello's ears that he is too familiar with his wife" (I. iii. 389-390) is his plan to make Othello believe that Cassio is having this ridiculous affair with Desdemona by using simple gestures made by Cassio to Desdemona. "If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry it had been better you had not kissed your
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