Othello suspects Desdemona of infidelity about four hours after she meets Cassius. I no gets it. * Odd, right? But arguably, this says TONS about Othello's insecurities. He's an alien mercenary, the Venetian flavor of the month: he's an outsider with no secure, innate place in Venetian (or European!) society, and his marriage to Desdemona only intensifies his outsiderness by contrast. He seems to see himself in an permanently fragile position ... as a man, as a soldier, and as a husband. He's always LOOKING for cracks under his feet in all these arenas, and always will. His near-instant suspicions of cuckoldry are right in character. Iago's genius was to spot this quality in Othello, and exploit it like a skilled demolitionist. * Build up of his concerns over their marriage. In the f