May 31, 2007

The Green Eyed Monster...

I'm sure that everyone has heard of it... Let's face there is a reason a lot of monsters are green... The Hulk was... Ogres usually are... Oscar the Grouch... Is one of the more pleasant green monsters... If not the most...

By the way upon trying to look up examples of green eyed monsters... I found where the expression possibly originated... I totally forgot it was from Shakespeare... Specifically the Merchant of Venice... I don't believe I read that one... Yet there's another that says it was Othello... I remember reading that one... And that there was a point where Shakespeare used the term to describe Iago...

Aah I'm sure you are wondering what's this chick's point... Let's face it having the Green eyed monster tendency... Is well never a good thing... In Iago's case he made him turn on one of his best friends... In Gollum's case it made him... Well made him turn into a shriveled up unwanted creature... It turned Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader... I could keep going... But do I really need more examples... Each of these characters... Had a horrible demise in the end... The saddest part is that they caused their own downfall... I could lie and say that I felt sorry for them... But to be honest I relished every minute of reading or watching their collapse... It made the movie that much more worth watching... The only thing I wished was that I could have some small effect on their demise... Even if it was just a walk on role...

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