Chapter 7
Discovery

Understanding Othello

In preparing to write this section, I watched an hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show on a day that featured cheating husbands. First of all, if you haven’t cleaned up your act after having an affair, don’t go face to face with Oprah. Women in 119 countries will know you as a loser. One of the two men was in high limbic mode and repeatedly plunged his eyes down right. That statement of emotion could mean that he had extreme remorse about his transgression, or it could mean that he felt horrible about being discovered and, worse yet, about having his adultery broadcast on international television. Actually, it was probably a combination of both. He was in a weakened position to start with, and then he faced ...

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