very need for such a comment is proof that the view of Othello as an outsider exists in the first place. The comment merely suggests that, although he is not one of them, he certainly has some amiable qualities. His marriage to Desdemona could be a subconscious attempt to become a more integral part of this foreign society. He tries to resist being an outsider in this manner.
             It is likely that Othello suffered much repressed personal insecurity as a result of his feelings of estrangement, and alienation. This could explain the fervour with which he reacted to Iago's suggestions of his wife's infidelity. An underlying sense of unea
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