“Love sees keenly, hate sees even more keenly, but jealousy sees the keenest because it is love and hate at the same time” (anonymous). Love and hate linked together create jealousy. Jealous people are this way because they envy or wish they could have what someone else has to satisfy their need for attention or satisfaction. There is a void in their lives that they believe can only be filled with the status or treasures that another has belonged to them. The characters in Othello fall into the same category. There are several reasons for jealousy, but all the reasons are interconnected and can destroy their destiny if they are not careful. In Othello William Shakespeare exemplifies the fine line between a wide range of types of jealousy and how it can affect relationships. Jealousy falls from love. In Othello the two are connected. Several characters show romantic jealousy towards others. Iago has a jealous lust towards Othello because of Desdemona. “Now, I love her too, not out of absolute lust, though, perhaps, I am responsible for an equally great sin, which is why I suspect that the lustful Moor has jumped into my place” (28). Iago is in love with Desdemona not out of thirst for her but more by chance because he is jealous of Othello for winning Desdemona's heart over all other men after her. Iago also believes that Othello was looking for his wife, Amelia, when she and Iago were first married. Iago is jealous that Othello stole Desdemona's heart without her father's knowledge and took her away from all men after her so that she is now all his. Due to jealousy, Iago vows to take revenge on Othello. He claims that nothing can stop him or produce fulfillment in his cause other than obtaining punishment on Othello. “A......middle of paper......no conception nor any jealous toy concerning thee (Desdemona)” (58-59). Desdemona has no insight into the reason for Othello's outward anger at her. Emilia simply explains that Desdemona has no reason to worry. Othello is just like all men in that he sometimes does not need a specific cause to show jealous anger. Othello is jealous because he can be and it is a natural reaction for human beings. Some characters have no real reason for jealousy but try to find reasons because it is a natural human feeling. Through Othello, Shakespeare portrays the different types of jealousy and offers the reader the thin line that connects and separates them all. One jealous person leads to another, which leads to another, and soon everyone finds reasons to be jealous. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Othello. Mineola New York: Dover Publications Inc, 2009. Print.