Critical interpretations: Jealousy Flashcards
1
Q
F.R Leavis
A
Othello has a propensity to jealousy and possess a weak character.
His love is composed largely of ignorance of self as well as ignorance of Desdemona.
2
Q
Kiernan Ryan
A
Although none of them is as consumed by jealousy as Othello, all these characters fall prey like him to ‘the green-eyed monster’ (3.3.166) that stalks any society in which the sexual desire of one human being is regarded as the property of another.
3
Q
Iftikhar Hussain Lone
A
Psychologically, Iago is a slighted man, powerfully possessed by hatred against a master who has kept him down, and by envy for a man he despises who has been promoted over him.
