Othello

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is a figure whose jealousy is unassociated with any real interest in Desdemona as a person.

Othello's jealousy 'is unassociated with any real interest in Desdemona as a person.'

is marked by ignorance. He discovers his mistake, but there is no tragic self-discovery. He remains un-self-somprehending.

FR Leavis argues that Othello is responsible for his own downfall because he has a propensity to jealousy and a weak character, which is sorely tested by marriage. Othello's love is dismissed. It is 'composed very largely of ignorance of self as well as ignorance of [Desdemona].' IN Diabolic Intellect and the Noble Hero (1937), Leavis analyses Othello's final speech, commenting that Othello has 'discovered his mistake, but there is no tragic self-discovery.' Leavis says Othello remains 'un-self-somprehending' and that the play 'doesn't involve the idea of the hero's learning through suffering.'

has a propensity to jealousy and a weak character: the stuff of which he is made begins at once to deteriorate and show itself unfit.

Othello has a propensity to jealousy and possesses a weak character: the stuff of which he is made begins at once to deteriorate and show itself unfit. His love is composed largely of ignorance of self as well as ignorance of Desdemona.'

is responsible for his own downfall because he has a propensity to jealousy and a weak character, which is sorely tested by marriage.

is self-centered, which accounts for why he slips readily into possessive jealousy.

Othello 'slips... readily into possessive jealousy because he is self-centred.'

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F.R. Leavis