As I mentioned before in
my hub post, I am looking at how volatile the romantic emotions can seem in Shakespeare. Othello is a perfect example of this. He and Desdemona have this whirlwind romance in which they defy the social constraints placed on them. But once they consummate their love, Othello is put in a position where he believes that the very thing he values most has betrayed him. This raises the question of whether he does indeed love "not wisely but too well."
In order to answer this question, it's important to analyze the ways in which Othello expresses love for Desdemona, as well as to analyze the relationship they had before suspicion poisoned it.
For this, I found two sources:
Shakespeare On Love and Lust, by Maurice Charney, which I found at Google Books. It focuses on ways love plays out in Shakespeare, and focuses a good part of that on Othello.
Idolatrous Love: A New Approach to Othello, by RN Hallstead, which I found on JSTOR. This article focuses on the sexual aspects of Othello and how they relate to his love for Desdemona.
These sources speak about the obssessive nature of Othello's love for Desdemona, as well as Desdemona's love for Othello.
