Critical interpretations: Iago Flashcards
1
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Samuel Johnson
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The cool malignity of Iago, silent in his resentment, subtle in his designs.
2
Q
S.T Coleridge
A
Iago is a being next to the devil only not quite devil.
3
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Williams Hazlitt
A
Iago is an example of the typical stage Machiavel who personifies rationality, self-interest, hypocrisy, cunning.
4
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Helen Gardner
A
Iago is monstrous because, faced with the manifold richness of experience, his only reaction is calculation and the desire to manipulate.
