Critics and Context: Othello

Question 1

Othello’s Jealousy (3)

Answer 1

• Kenneth Tyan
• According to Kenneth Tyan, Othello’s statement that he is “not easily jealous” is “the most appalling bit of self-deception” as he is “the most easily jealous man that anybody’s ever written about.” ‘Not easily jealous’ it’s the most appalling bit of self-deception. He’s the most easily jealous man that anybody’s ever written about. The minute he suspects, or thinks he has the smallest grounds for suspecting, Desdemona, he wishes to think her guilty, he wishes to”