Desdemona and Other Critics

Question 1

What does A.C. Bradley say about Desdemona’s nature?

Answer 1

“[Desdemona’s] nature is infinitely sweet and her love absolute.”

Question 2

Who says that “[Desdemon’s] nature is infinitely sweet and her love absolute”?

Answer 2

A.C. Bradley.

Question 3

What does Robert G. Hunter say about Desdemona’s nature?

Answer 3

“[Desdemona is] a natural embodiment of grace, apparently untainted by original sin.”

Question 4

Who says that Desdemona is a “natural embodiment of grace apparently untainted by original sin”?

Answer 4

Robert G. Hunter.

Question 5

Which critic aligns with A.C. Bradley, who asserts that Desdemona’s “nature is infinitely sweet and her love absolute”?

Answer 5

Robert G. Hunter: Desdemona is “a natural embodiment of grace apparently untainted by original sin.”

Question 6

Which critic aligns with Robert G. Hunter, who asserts that Desdemona is “a natural embodiment of grace apparently untainted by original sin.”?

Answer 6

A.C. Bradley: “[Desdemona’s] nature is infinitely sweet and her love absolute.”

Question 7

What does David Bevington say about Desdemona?

Answer 7

“The play as a whole confirms this wish in her to obey.”

Question 8

Who says that “the play as a whole confirms this wish in [Desdemona] to obey”?

Answer 8

David Bevington.

Question 9

What does Georges Bonnard say about Desdemona?

Answer 9

She is a “rebellious child.”

Question 10

Who says that Desdemona is “a rebellious child”?

Answer 10

Georges Bonnard.

Question 11

What does Sam Mendes say about Desdemona?

Answer 11

She is “an active participant in the drama.”

Question 12

Who says that Desdemona is “an active participant in the drama?

Answer 12

Sam Mendes.

Question 13

Which critics contrast David Bevington, who asserts that “the play as a whole confirms this wish in [Desdemona] to obey”?

Answer 13

Georges Bonnard: “a rebellious child.”
Sam Mendes: “[Desdemona is an active participant in the drama.”

Question 14

Which critic aligns with Georges Bonnard, who asserts that Desdemona is “a rebellious child”?

Answer 14

Sam Mendes: “[Desdemona is] an active participant in the drama.”

Question 15

Which critic aligns with Sam Mendes, who asserts that Desdemona is an “active participant in the drama”?

Answer 15

Georges Bonnard: “rebellious child”.

Question 16

What does John Quincy Adams say about Desdemona?

Answer 16

“Who can sympathise with Desdemona? […] She not only violated her duties to her father, her family, her sex, and her country, but she makes the first advances.”

Question 17

Who says Desdemona “violated her duties to her father, her family, her sex, and her country”, and thus cannot be sympathised with?

Answer 17

John Quincy Adams.

Question 18

What does Julian C. Rice say about Desdemona?

Answer 18

“She shares responsibility for her own murder.”

Question 19

Who says Desdemona “shares responsibility for her own murder?

Answer 19

Julian C. Rice.

Question 20

Which critic partially aligns with Julian C. Rice, who says that Desdemona “shares responsibility for her own murder”?

Answer 20

John Quincy Adams: “Who can sympathise with Desdemona? […] She not only violated her duties to her father, her family, her sex and her country, but she makes the first advances.”

Question 21

Which critic partially aligns with John Quincy Adams, who says “Who can sympathise with Desdemona? She not only violated her duties to her father, her family, her sex and her country, but she makes the first advances.”?

Answer 21

Julian C. Rice: Desdemona “shares the responsibility for her own murder.”

Question 22

Who talks about “he called her whore” (Scene 4:2)?

Answer 22

Lisa Jardine: “Desdemona has been publicly designated ‘whore’ in terms damaging enough to constitute a substantial threat to her reputation.”

Question 23

Who says “Desdemona has been publicly designated ‘whore’ in terms damaging enough to constitute a substantial threat to her reputation”?

Answer 23

Lisa Jardine.

Question 24

What does Lisa Jardine say about Desdemona?

Answer 24

“Desdemona has been publicly designated ‘whore’ in terms damaging enough to constitute a substantial threat to her reputation.”

Question 25

What does A.C. Bradley say about Desdemona’s passivity?

Answer 25

“Desdemona is helplessly passive. She can do nothing whatever. She cannot retaliate even in speech; no, not even in silent feeling.”

Question 26

Who says that “Desdemona is helpless passive”?

Answer 26

A.C. Bradley.

Question 27

Who says that Desdemona can “do nothing whatever”?

Answer 27

A.C. Bradley.

Question 28

Who says that Desdemona “cannot even retaliate in speech”?

Answer 28

A.C. Bradley.

Question 29

What does A.C. Bradley say about Desdemona singing in 4:3?

Answer 29

“She cannot retaliate even in speech; no, not even in silent feeling.”

Question 30

What’s Philip C. Kolin’s fancy quote?

Answer 30

” ‘Othello’ is a cultural seismograph, measuring the extent and force of gender, racial, or class upheavals in any society that performs the script.”

Question 31

What does Germaine Greer say about the play?

Answer 31

“The play is an authentic and sensitive portrait of a black hero in a white society.”

Question 32

Who says that”the play is an authentic and sensitive portrait of a black hero in a white society”?

Answer 32

Germaine Greer.

Question 33

How does Marilyn French describe adulteresses?

Answer 33

“[Whores are] thus subhuman, bestial, capable of any degradation.”

Question 34

Who says that adulteresses are “thus subhuman, bestial, capable of any degradation”?

Answer 34

Marilyn French.

Question 35

What does Marilyn French say about the ‘virgin/whore’ archetypes?

Answer 35

“The two kinds are mutually exclusive. One can cross into the subhuman [whore] camp at any time, but once in it, one can never return.”

Question 36

Who says that the ‘virgin/whore’ archetypes “are mutually exclusive. One can cross into the subhuman [whore] camp at anytime, but once in it, one can never return.”?

Answer 36

Marilyn French.