The Moor's inexperience with Venetian culture and women supplemented with Iago's attempt to 'make the net that shall enmesh them all' and metaphorically poison Othello is initiated by the recognition of his flaw. Although honest and trusting in nature, Othello's naivety makes him susceptible to deception which leads to the birth of his jealousy. This concept still relevant in the modern world, allowing Shakespeare's tragedy, "Othello," to stand the test of time. .
Othello, a complex, credible character audiences of all eras can identify with, exhibits a deep propensity for jealousy which becomes his final undoing. Moors of the racist Jacobean era were racially considered lustful and extremely jealous however, Othello in the repetition of 'true' in 'it is most true: true I have married her' displays his honourable and honest nature. Othello's deep love for Desdemona was deliberately undermined by Iago's false accusation of infidelity by warning him of the 'green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on'. The 'green' color imagery of which Venetians associated with one of the four 'humours' that dictated one's character, hints at Othello's unhealthy imbalance and subsequent jealousy. Thus, Othello's insecurities drew him 'into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure'. Metaphorically poisoning him, Iago shows the universal characteristics of good and bad in human nature that is evident in the Othello "eated up with passion." Furthermore extending the metaphor, Othello consumed by his human emotions in turmoil, experiences a change in his character. The Moor's vulgar and violent imagery in his language 'chop her into messes' 'let her rot and perish' as Iago goads him on juxtaposes 'the noble Moor whom our full senate call all in all sufficient' which emphasises 'such jealousy as Othello's converts human nature into chaos and liberates the beast in man' (1905) stated by AC Bradley.
