CatherineWang - Jealousy in Othello lyrics

There once was a man, a respectable man A humble moor of Venice, one with shining honor. He was loved and admired, for his tales and his courage, But most importantly, for the fairness he showed to all. He wins the token of his dear lady love, With his valiant tales and soft phrases of peace Who'd ever thought that love could occur, Between the lone “black ram” and the gentle “white ewe?” The lady left her sire, for her dark knight in shining armor. She travels to a foreign land Out of love and devotion for her moor. She thought “the sun where he was born” A man who perceived without the ivy green veil. But little did she know of the seed within all man That sprouts easily to give birth to a green-eyed man. A so-called villain, who goes by the name of Iago, Is seen as the creator, of the green-eyed devil. Yet while his language is so suggesting, He remains truthfully neutral. For what is so strange and abnormal With the comments like “I like not that!”? Yet even in the presence of Iago's neutral tone. Little things the moor begins to notice, Of his fair lady, whose love he now questions. A visitor, her kindness, her speech, a lost handkerchief! The moor views all of these With intensity but not accuracy. The lady's kindness which she showed to the wronged, Fell to the ears of the green-eyed moor, As proof of the affection that he believes, she holds for another man that was not he. Repeated pleas of “Ca**io” that she cried out for justice, proved both her kindness and loyalty, but also her fatal naivety. For she missed the dangerous shade of green within the eyes of her moor that grew each time she uttered the name “Ca**io”. But the final straw that released the beast was the simple act of a lost handkerchief. An act so ordinary and common, was thought as a betrayal in the eyes of a jealous man. For jealous souls are “not ever jealous for the cause” and “divorces himself or herself from rationality,” becoming blind to reason. Blinded by jealousy, the moor takes action, to dispel “sin” and the “devil” that he determined was within his lady, He suffocated her with his own hands without influence, love, or mercy. But when light shines upon the true villain, proving the innocence of the now cold lady, The jade colored veil was lifted, welcoming the moor back to reality. In agony, the moor turned his once shining sword against himself, to join the cold arms of d**h and his lady. The moor shared the same fate that many of his brothers have felt. Iago's “villainous” actions, make him not the Devil, nor a diabolic evil, but rather an immortal external force, that plays the game of seduction. The green-eyed beast that lays dormant within; The moor's actions were his own, making him the father of his own tragedy. Thesis Works Cited