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What does a Green Eyed Monster Mean in the Merchant of Venice?
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How did Shakespeare use the term 'Green-Eyed Monster' in Othello?
Iago plants the seeds of jealousy in Othello’s mind by saying: “O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”. Shakespeare had previously used the idea in The Merchant of Venice where Portia refers to “green-eyed jealousy” (Act 3, Scene 2).
The phrase ‘green-eyed jealousy’ was used by, and possibly coined by, Shakespeare to denote jealousy, in The Merchant of Venice, 1596: Portia: How all the other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! O love, Be moderate; allay thy ecstasy,
Jealousy does make people turn into monsters. But that's not quite the whole point of it. In reality, Shakespeare is warning us not to trust anything Iago says. Ever. A few years earlier in The Merchant of Venice, Portia says "green-eyed jealousy" (3.2.110).
In The Merchant of Venice, Portia refers to "green-eyed jealousy" (Act 3, scene 2), and here Shakespeare coins the more intense phrase "green-ey'd monster."
[To herself] All other emotions are flying away—doubt and rash despair, shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! I must moderate my love and restrain my ecstasy. I must rejoice within good measure and not too much. I feel too overjoyed. I must be less joyous, for I fear that I have an excess of happiness.
The term green-eyed monster first appeared in the famous “Merchant of Venice” in 1596, where it’s said, “And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy!” He also used it in the bard’s play Othello, back in 1604, where Iago warns Othello, “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds ...
But if you do, you’ll make me wish a sin, That I had been forsworn. Beshrew your eyes, They have o'erlooked me and divided me. One half of me is yours, the other half yours—. Mine own, I would say. But if mine, then yours, And so all yours. Oh, these naughty times.
