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