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Jealousy
See also Envy. Jesters (See CLOWNS.) adder’s tongue flower symbolizes jealousy. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 31] Cinderella’s two step-sisters; jealous of her beauty, they treat her miserably. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Cinderella] representative of jealous middle age. [Fr. Lit.: L’Ecole des Femmes] jealous and suspicious tutor. [Fr. Lit.: Barber of Seville] dies from grief on encountering even wiser soothsayer. [Gk. Myth.: LLEI, I: 325] demands of husband former wife’s necklace and robe. [Gk. Legend: NCE, 55] young married couple plagued by jealousy. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 62] Jacob’s gift to Joseph; object of jealousy. [O.T.: Genesis 37:3] kills husband Hercules for suspected affair with Iole. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 303] jealously plots Marina’s murder. [Br. Lit.: Pericles] frustrated character jealous of Mickey Mouse. [Comics: Horn, 216–217] of Manrico’s influence on Leonora. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, The Troubadour, Westerman, 302] jealousy leads to the murder of his brother, Pelléas. [Fr. Opera: Debussy, Pelléas and Mélisande, Westerman, 196] epithet. [Br. Lit.: Othello] man and wife each laughably suspicious of the other’s fidelity. [Br. Lit.: Every Man in His Humour] of wife and Polixenes. [Br. Lit.: The Winter’s Tale] seeing his wife living among satyrs, he is so mad with jealosy that he casts himself from a cliff. [Br. Lit.: Spenser The Faerie Queene; Brewer Dictionary, 336] sends husband Jason’s new bride poisoned cloak. [Gk. Lit.: Medea; Fr. Lit.: Médée]
King of Fairies; jealous of wife’s attachments. [Br. Lit.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream] smothers Desdemona out of jealousy. [Br. Lit.: Othello] crushes lover’s lover. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses] murders wife in fit of insane resentment. [Russ. Lit.: The Kreutzer Sonata, Magill I, 481–483] mistrusted everyone who showed kindness to wife, Marie. [Am. Lit.: 0 Pioneers!, Magill I, 663–665] signifies jealousy. [Animal Symbolism: Jobes, 142] color symbolizing jealousy. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 1704] indicates jealousy. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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