Envy (from Latin invidia ), as defined by Aristotle, is pain at the sight of another's good fortune, stirred by "those who have what we ought to have". It is to wish one had the same qualities, possessions, opportunities, etc as somebody else. It is also the feeling that one is less endowed or opportune because someone has such endowment in excess. Not only is the envious person rendered unhappy by their envy, that person may also wish to inflict misfortune on others, in forms of emotional abuse and violent acts of criminality. Psychologists have classified envy into two - malicious envy and benign envy . M alicious envy is a sick force th at ruins a person and his/her mind and causes the envious person to blindly want the "hero" to suffer. Conversely, b enign envy is a type of positive motivational force that causes the person to aspire to be as good as the "hero"—but only if benign envy is used in a right way. According to researchers, benign en...