The particular paper examines the central conceptual metaphors for jealousy used in Shakespeare’s plays and, by means of these it further explores the different way jealousy is conceptualized in linguistic expressions used by men and women of the Renaissance. In particular, the Shakespeare Corpus was used, which consists of 37 plays and the speeches of all the characters. Conceptual source domains that lead to the target domain of jealousy are highlighted such as jealousy is a poison, jealousy is union of two parts and jealousy is a location. In terms of masculine and feminine preferences, Diaz Vera notes that male characters show a preference of mappings such as jealousy is an opponent in a struggle, jealousy is insanity/disease and jealousy an animal/monster while women in Shakespeare prefer the mapping of jealousy is a human being.