Critics 41-50 Flashcards

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  1. Loomba
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Othello is a victim of racial beliefs precisely as he becomes an agent of misogynistic ones’

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  1. Simpson
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Emilia dies in service of the truth

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  1. A.C Bradley
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‘Evil has nowhere been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago’

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  1. Richard Lees
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instead of the monster they were encouraged to preconceive, Shakespeare presents an articulate and rational Christian’

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  1. Michael Best
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‘Shakespeare shows how the male eye has a disconcerting tendency to see women in absolutes as either divine or hellish, angels or whores’

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  1. Marilyn French
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‘She remains submissive till the end’

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  1. Dostoevsky
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– ‘Othello was not jealous he was trustful’

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  1. A.C Bradley (2)
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‘The skill of Iago was extraordinary, but so was his good fortune’

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  1. Mendes
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‘Desdemona made a very specific decision to marry this man … that makes her in some ways extremely strong, an active participant in the drama, rather than an insipid feeble girl’

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10
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  1. Fintan O’Toole
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‘Iago and Othello are close … they start to melt into each other … Othello’s grand verse breaks down into jagged disordered prose. Iago’s prose becomes triumphant verse’

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  1. Loomba
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‘issue a warning not only to disobedient daughters but also to open societies who let in outsiders’

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12
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  1. V.Walker
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Seems to represent the better man

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13
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  1. Peter Hollindale
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Desdemona is arguably the most disregarded and underrated heroine in Shakespeare

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