Envy. A sad passion

It always arises from comparison. "Why can he/she and I can't?" - we ask ourselves mentally, throwing an angry look at another person. The question reveals our inferiority, and therefore can never be asked out loud. It is Lucifer's sin of envying man, Cain's sin against Abel, Iago's sin against Othello, but also Grimilda's sin against Snow White. Vice usually brings pleasure, but not envy, which is poison to the soul and produces torment and suffering: a person goes mad when he sees the happiness and well-being of others, perceiving it as a humiliation of his existence and a sign of his own failure. From Antiquity to modern democratic societies, where envy finds its ideal ground, from a fairy tale to the television news of our days - the author tells about the metamorphosis of this "bitter" passion, which poisons relationships, deprives one's own "I", paralyzes life force and can even lead to violence when it turns into resentment.