Jealousy is a very common thing that people go through, when others are jealous they tend to reflect their thoughts, insecurities, or fears onto someone else. The common emotions that are usually reflected in jealousy are resentment, anger, and even sometimes disgust. We see tons of jealousy in the story Othello, Iago is more of the main character in this story, not Othello. Iago becomes jealous of Othello when he gets rejected to be Othello’s lieutenant, and instead gives the job to a man named Cassio. Throughout the story, Iago reflects his jealousy of Othello in many ways, he uses this jealousy to try and ruin Othello’s life. In Act 1 Scene 3 Iago says “I hate the moor, And it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets, ‘Has done my office. I know not if ‘t be true, But I, for mere suspicion, in that kind, Will do as it for surety”. I say Iago is jealous of Othello and not Cassio, because Iago has never had as much success as Othello throughout his life.

I feel like I can speak for a lot of people, including myself, that jealousy has affected us in extreme ways, whether we hide it or not. I used to be a very jealous person throughout middle school, looking back and thinking why I always had to be jealous of something, was because I was a very insecure person and had a lot of disgustment. I wouldn’t show that I was a jealous person, but I definitely was. Back then, I don’t even think I realized how much jealousy I had built up, and how badly I would be able to take it out on others. To how I am currently, from how I used to be is a huge difference, I would always look for the negative and how I would always be comparing myself to others. Now, I do the opposite, I try to look for the positive in things that are bad, I try encouraging people when they are feeling doubtful in themselves, but sometimes I still struggle with comparing myself to others. When I catch myself comparing myself and my head filling up with negative thoughts, I tell myself that everything is going to be okay, everyone is different for a reason, and most importantly, it’s everybody’s first time in life so I can try to take it easy on myself.