Critics Views on Angelo Flashcards
What does Paul Cheetham say about the initial discussion between Angelo and Isabella?
‘The contrast between Isabella’s lyrical eloquence and Angelo’s dry inflexibility makes the audience condemn his hypocrisy and inhumanity.’
What does Wasson believe of Angelo’s character ?
‘Here is a man, then, who knows what is right, who wishes to do what is right, but who is unable to do it because he is controlled by his passions. ‘
How does Marian Cox argue Angelo attempts to act in a beyond human manner?
‘Angelo has to learn to moderate the exercise of power, as well as accept that he is only human.’
How does Tony Martin interpret Angelo’s failure?
‘Angelo’s failure is not only a moral failure: it is a failure of understanding what it means to be human’
How does Fiona Dunlop suggest Angelo is used to show the problems of a flawed person having too much power?
‘the character of Angelo has been designed (discreetly) of the problems inherent in investing one flawed individual with absolute power.’
What does Marian Cox say Angelo is doing when he tells Isabella ‘my false overweighs your true’?
‘he is boasting that his words have greater weight than hers because he is both male and in high office, as well as suggesting that the scales are always loaded in the favour of vice.’
What does Peter Pick say about Angelo and power?
‘Power, a sort of mental sadism, which is Angelo’s aphrodisiac, is also the Duke’s addiction’
What does Declan Donnellan think makes Angelo corrupt?
‘The character of Angelo is somebody who believes he is pure, he absolutely totally believes in his own purity, and that is what makes him corrupt.
What does Rosalind Miles say about Angelo’s soliloquy?
‘the broken rhythm and repeated questions connotes ‘the sheer surprise of the discovery for him.’
What does Dollimore see Angelo as a presentation of?
‘Angelo is a presentation of authoritarian repression.’
