Love and Hate
Love and hate cannot be explained by pure definition of the words itself; tt is something
way deeper than anyone can imagine. Google’s definition of love and hate is simply,” A love–
hate relationship is an interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions
of love and hate—something particularly common when emotions are intense.” But when you
dig deeper there’s more than meets the eyes. The term is actually used frequently in psychology,
popular writing, and journalism to show the extremely of our emotions and even though they are
very different but connects to each other. One author who loves to use this kind of interpersonal
relationship is none other than William Shakespeare himself. Shakespeare use love and hate
because these two among many of the human emotions and motivations that can provoke the
insecurities of a person faster than any other. In the love and hate story of Othello there are varies
level of love and hate of others toward Othello and the love and hate he has towards others. For
example, here is the love of Othello for Desdemona contrasted by Iago’s hatred of Othello.
Cassio loves Othello in contrast to Iago’s hatred of him. Finally, there is Othello’s love for
Desdemona balanced by his hatred of the thought that he has been betrayed by the person he
loves the most. Some other key aspect we all must also pay attention is jealousy, racism, etc.
One of these sources of hatred stems from a certain degree of prejudice is jealousy. Is is
an emotion all of us have felt before whether we would like to deny it or not. Othello is no
exception; he is a man more skilled in war than love. Love is a foreign language to Othello
which he has lived most of his live without. In another word, Othello is like Achilles, a mighty
warrior that has no flaw except one, in the case of Othello’s it would be love. Iago, one of
Shakespeare’s most sinister villains, often considered such because of the unique trust that
Othello places in him, which he betrays while maintaining his reputation of honesty and
dedication. Iago knows he is vulnerable because he has just spent most of the play filling
Othello’s mind with suspicions about love, marriage, Casio, and jealousy. His evil may be
inexplicable to Othello but his motives can be identified, he is jealous. He is consumed with
jealousy because he was not chosen as lieutenant by Cassio but instead a “thick lips.” Iago is
selfish in that he wants everyone to feel as he does so he engineers the jealousy of other
characters. Although he didn’t do anything but being a sinister villain that he is, he manipulated
everyone to do his bidding. Iago exploited Roderigo by tapping into his emotions knowing that
Roderigo is controlled by his emotions and therefore not a logical thinker. Iago first got Roderigo
to hate Othello by telling him that Othello has just eloped with Roderigo’s love interest
Desdemona. After painting Othello as an unequal match for the fair heroine, Iago stirs up
Roderigo’s anger toward the Moor and convinces him to awaken Brabantio to tell him that his
