Derrick Young Block: 1B Deborah Plummer 5/30/2016 Othello Essay Betrayal in Othello is all over the story. From the first time Iago said Desdemona cheated to the time he tried to frame Cassio. This story in it’s self teaches you a lot about betrayal and sometimes why you can’t even trust your own friends. It shows you that even your closest friends will stab you in the back. It brings out skeletons that only you another person know about and you were confident when you told them, but they told and it felt like a slap in the face. “Lies don’t usually end relationships, the truth does.” It’s saying that in Othello that the lies don’t always hurt you in a relationship sometimes telling the truth does. If lying will make a relationship last then most will tell them to keep it going as a false love. The truth hurts but if you tell it what can happen other then a longer understanding of the one you’re with and no secrets should be kept. The more secrets you keep the less you got through in the long run. “Jealousy comes from counting others’ blessings instead of counting your own.” The more jealous and envious you come by what someone else has. Makes you more likely to betray them to take their spot. Envy, jealousy and betrayal are things you never want to deal with considering they are a recipe for a miserable disaster. Jealousy and betrayal are strong cousins because in the end they both screw you and or something good. “For she had eyes and she chose me.” He was saying that her eyes chose him but if she is with your right hand so well. Even though a female has eyes for you she can also betray you. Looks can be the most deceiving thing that a female can give. They can be the best thing or the worst thing you can experience because the betrayal can get taken to an extent no one expected or intended for in that moment and time frame. The betrayal aspect of Othello no one expected it to happen or for it to go that far and lead to death. Othello taught many that even your closest friends to be an Iago in your life and van change on you at the drop of a hat. The friends you choose you watch closely. Not being able to trust someone is a hard pill to swallow but you have to do it if they affect your life in a bad or negative manner.