HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. �O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.⤠Dramatic and powerful in its scope, Othello explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello, a revered soldier, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events.