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In which play does Shakespeare mention the "green-eyed monster"?

By Amanda Mabillard, About.com

Question: In which play does Shakespeare mention the "green-eyed monster"?

Answer: This famous passage comes from Othello:

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
Spoken by Iago (3.3.189-91)

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