An innocent wife is killed by her husband who is over-come with sexual jealousy created by lies. Bradley concluded, -From the moment when the temptation of the hero begins, the reader's heart and mind are held in a vice, experiencing the extremes of pity and fear, sympathy and repulsion, sickening hope and dreadful expectation."" (Bloom's ) Most will agree that the theatrical Othello is the most tragic of Shakespeare's to readers of today. .
Since the first time man and woman met, the human being has been aware of sexual jealousy. Solomon described jealousy in the New King James' Version of the Holy Bible, "For jealousy is a husband's fury; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance."" (Prov. 6:34). Jealousy is still and eminent, yet evil force in society. A.C. Bradley stated: .
Such a passion as ambition but jealousy, and especially sexual jealousy, brings with it a sense of shame and humiliation. For this reason it is generally hidden; if we percieve it we ourselves are ashamed and turn our eyes away; and when it is not hidden it commonly stirs contempt Such jealousy as Othello's converts human nature to chaos, and the liberates the beast in man; and it does this in relation to one of the most intense and also the most ideal of human feelings."" (Bloom's ).
The ever-manipulative Iago lies to Othello consistently to achieve his revenge, using the faithful devil's tool of sexual jealousy. Through out the play Iago is "silent in his resentment, subtle in his designs, and studious at once of his interest and his vengeance - with such a high intelligence of the matter, the reader might look upon him as a sick sort of genius (S. Johnson, .
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Bloom's ). From the beginning of the play one finds fault in Iago as he is introduced as a sadistic match maker' who foreshadows things to come in a statement proclaiming unhappiness with a General's decision. Continuing on with the play, the reader becomes quite aware of Iago's sick ingeniousness: .