Critics 21-30 Flashcards
1
Q
- Dr Farah Karim-Cooper
A
In this time period women were guilty until proven innocent’
2
Q
- Leonard Tennenhouse
A
Desdemona’s death = silencing of rebellious female voice
3
Q
- Maguire
A
It would be easy to play a narcissistic Cassio
4
Q
- Megg Ward
A
Aristotle wrote, “A man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall,” Emilia becomes a hero by the end of the play.’’
5
Q
- E A J Honningman
A
Emilia’s love (of Desdemona) is Iago’s undoing
6
Q
- Carol Thomas
A
Emilia is a foil for Desdemona and corrects Desdemona’s occasional naivete
7
Q
- Megg Ward (2)
A
Emilia’s role as the backbone of the tragedy
8
Q
- Bloom
A
heroic intervention - Emilia
9
Q
- Eileen Abrahams
A
Emilia is prey to dominant ideology of wifely virtue’
10
Q
- Leavis
A
‘The mind that undoes him is not Iago’s but his own’
