Critics Flashcards
1
Q
What does A.C Bradley say about Othello killing Desdemona?
A
’ he is to save Desdemona from herself’
2
Q
T.S Eliot comments on Othello’s attempted epitaph
A
‘terrible exposure of human weakness’
3
Q
Bonnie Greer about jealousy
A
‘It is only ‘Othello’s jealousy, not Iago’s hatred that is the real tragedy’
4
Q
Ruth Cowhig racism
A
‘An alien in a white society’ (Othello)
5
Q
Caryl Phillips on gender
A
‘Othello’s love for Desdemona is the love of possession. She is a prize, a spoil of war’
6
Q
Valerie Wayne on hate
A
‘Iago is the presence of misogynist discourse in the Renaissance’
7
Q
Samuel Johnson on Iago
A
‘The character of Iago is so conducted that he is from the first scene to the last hated and despised’
