Why is jealousy always associated with the color green?

Answer 1

The first known use of the color green with envy is coined by William Shakespeare, who used the combination a number of times. It is believed that prior to Shakespeare's use, the Greeks of his time associated jealousy with an overproduction of bile, lending a pallid green cast to the victim. This could also be the source of the phrase "sick with envy".

Merchant of Venice (late 1590s - act III scene 2)

"And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! O love,
Be moderate; allay thy ecstasy"

Othello (1603 - act III scene 3)

"O! beware my lord, of Jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on."

Antony and Cleopatra (1607 - act III scene 2)
Lepidus is described as "troubled with the green sickness."

Answer 2

The origin is not certain, but Shakespeare may have started this color analogy by talking about a green-eyed monster and green-eyed jealousy in The Merchant of Venice

Answer 3

definite, the "green-eyed monster" comes from Othello spoken via Iago : O, pay attention, my lord, of jealousy; this is the fairway-ey'd monster which doth mock the beef it feeds on. green is likewise existence. plentiful in nature, green shows strengthen, renewal, wellness, and environment. on the turn component, green is jealousy or envy (green-eyed monster) and inexperience. nfd?

Answer 4

I would have said that jealousy is links to the color yellow (maybe because gold is yellow).

Answer 5

When one is jealous, deeply jealous of someone, maybe there is a tendency to hold one's breath, and his or her face turn green due to lack of oxygen?

Answer 6

cause green is the color associated with puke and when one is jealous they are ready to puke up all their feelings --

Answer 7

Because that is the color of your face when you are jealous

Answer 8

"green with envy"