Critical Theory

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Siegel

Question 2

What does Neil say about Othello and Iago?

Answer 2

‘whether jealousy is something that lago discovers or implants in Othello’

Question 3

‘Iago excels in short –term tactics, not in long-term strategy’ Who said this?

Answer 3

Honigman

Question 4

What does Honigman say about Roderigo?

Answer 4

‘Roderigo’s over-mastering, self- destructive desire for Desdemona mirrors Othello’s’

Question 5

‘fear of racial and sexual difference which characterizes Elizabethan and Jacobean culture.’ Who said it?

Answer 5

Newman

Question 6

What does Arthos say about Desdemona and Othello?

Answer 6

Embodies a relationship based on pity. “leaving their love questionable at best

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Marsh

Question 8

What did Newman say about Iago’s manipulation?

Answer 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’