Critical 2

Question 1

What did Siegel say?

Answer 1

‘It is Othello’s surrendering to the devil that leads him to experience a tragedy parallel to Adam’s’

Question 2

‘whether jealousy is something that lago discovers or implants in Othello’ Who said this?

Answer 2

Neil

Question 3

What does Honigman say about Iago?

Answer 3

‘Iago excels in short –term tactics, not in long-term strategy’

Question 4

‘Roderigo’s over-mastering, self- destructive desire for Desdemona mirrors Othello’s’ Who said this?

Answer 4

Honigman

Question 5

What did Newman say about the culture?

Answer 5

‘fear of racial and sexual difference which characterizes Elizabethan and Jacobean culture.’

Question 6

‘Embodies a relationship based on pity. “leaving their love questionable at best’ Who said this?

Answer 6

Arthos

Question 7

What did Marsh say about Othello’s love for Desdemona ?

Answer 7

‘His love for Desdemona has strong overtones of medieval courtly love where the woman’s purity is worshipped and idolized’.

Question 8

‘Iago’s manipulation of Othello depends on the Moor’s own prejudices against his blackness and belief that Desdemona would prefer the white Cassio’ Who said this?

Answer 8

Newman