"Love, Jealousy, and the Fear of Ontological Dependence: A Philosophical Reading of Shakespeare's Othello"
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Author:
	Sandri, Vittorio.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Philosophy and Literature 48, no. 1 (2024): 149–64.
Annotation:
	Identifies the paradox that, although Othello loves Desdemona, on some level he wants to believe in her infidelity. Claims that this belief is provoked by deep-seated fears and anxieties inextricably connected with profound ontological dependence that one forms when one is in love. Maintains that Othello can only do away with this fear and anxiety by embracing jealousy, which liberates him from the unbearable ontological fear of loss of love. English summary, 149.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Spring 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo15