2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Shakespeare's 1604 tragedy following Othello — a Moorish general in the Venetian army — whose ensign Iago, passed over for promotion, manipulates him into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful, leading to his murder of her and subsequent suicide.
Shakespeare's 1611 late romance in which King Leontes of Sicilia becomes suddenly and irrationally jealous of his pregnant wife Hermione, condemns her, causes his son's death, and is separated from his daughter for 16 years before a reconciliation that resembles resurrection.