Iago, Bianca and Emilia Critics

Question 1

Where did Samuel Taylor Coleridge conclude Iago’s evilness came from?

Answer 1

“Motiveless malignity.”

Question 2

Who said that Iago’s evilness came from “motiveless malignity”?

Answer 2

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Question 3

What does A.C. Bradley say about Iago?

Answer 3

“Evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago.”

Question 4

Who said that “evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago”?

Answer 4

A.C. Bradley.

Question 5

What does William Hazlitt say about Iago’s character?

Answer 5

“[He] personifies rationality, self-interest, hypocrisy, cunning.”

Question 6

Who says that Iago “personifies rationality, self-interest, hypocrisy, cunning”?

Answer 6

William Hazlitt.

Question 7

Who said “Iago is a typical stage Machiavel?”

Answer 7

William Hazlitt.

Question 8

Which critics talk about Iago’s evilness?

Answer 8

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Iago’s evil comes from “motiveless malignity”.
A.C. Bradley: “Evil has nowhere been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago.”

Question 9

What does Honigmann say about Iago?

Answer 9

“Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power.”

Question 10

Who says “Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power”?

Answer 10

Honigmann.

Question 11

What does Harold Bloom say about Iago?

Answer 11

“It is Othello’s tragedy but it is Iago’s play.”

Question 12

Who says “It is Othello’s tragedy but it is Iago’s play.”?

Answer 12

Harold Bloom.

Question 13

Which critics talk about Iago’s power?

Answer 13

Honigmann: “Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power”
Harold Bloom: “It is Othello’s tragedy but it is Iago’s play”

Question 14

What does G.K. Hunter say about Iago’s racial prejudice?

Answer 14

Iago’s racial prejudice means that he wants to make Othello’s deeds “fit in with the prejudice that his face […] excited.”

Question 15

Who says that Iago’s racial prejudice means that he wants to make Othello’s deeds “fit in with the prejudice that his face […] excited”?

Answer 15

G.K. Hunter.

Question 16

Who says that “Bianca reflects the paradox of Venetian sexual morality?”?

Answer 16

Peter Bunten.

Question 17

How does Peter Bunten suggest Bianca reflects societal problems?

Answer 17

“Bianca reflects the paradox of Venetian sexual morality”?

Question 18

What does Peter Bunten say about contemporary views on women?

Answer 18

“[Bianca] could be said to ply a ‘trade for profit in the same way as the men of war do, yet it is seen as being indicative of her general moral character.”

Question 19

Who says that Bianca “could be said to ply a ‘trade’ for profit in the same way as the men of war do, yet it is seen as being indicative of her general moral character”?

Answer 19

Peter Bunten.

Question 20

How does Jennifer Bastin suggest Shakespeare uses Bianca?

Answer 20

“Through Bianca, Shakespeare simultaneously illuminates the passivity of the other female characters and highlights the irrationality of the men.”

Question 21

Who says that “through Bianca, Shakespeare simultaneously illuminates the passivity of the other female characters and highlights the irrationality of the men.”?

Answer 21

Jennifer Bastin.

Question 22

What motive does Harry Berger suggest for Emilia?

Answer 22

“A socially coded pleasure in watching one’s betters misbehave and suffer.”

Question 23

Who says that “one of the motives imaginable for Emilia is a socially coded pleasure in watching one’s betters misbehave and suffer.”?

Answer 23

Harry Berger.

Question 24

What motive does Honigmann suggest for Emilia?

Answer 24

“Fear of Iago, though not expressed explicitly, explains Emilia’s attitude.”

Question 25

Who says that “fear of Iago, though not expressed explicitly, explains Emilia’s attitude.”?

Answer 25

Honigmann.

Question 26

What motive does Carol Neely suggest for Emilia?

Answer 26

Emilia acts in accordance with the “wifely virtues of silence, obedience, and prudence.”

Question 27

Who says that Emilia acts in accordance with the “wifely virtues of silence, obedience, and prudence”?

Answer 27

Carol Neely.

Question 28

What motive does Roxanne Schwab give for Emilia?

Answer 28

“[Emilia] has obviously been abused and manipulated by her villainous husband.”

Question 29

Who says that Emilia has “obviously been abused and manipulated by her villainous husband?

Answer 29

Roxanne Schwab.

Question 30

Which critics debate the motives for Emilia?

Answer 30

Harry Berger: “One of the motives imaginable for Emilia is the socially coded pleasure in watching ones betters misbehave and suffer.”
Honigmann: “Fear of Iago, though not expressed explicitly, explains Emilia’s attitude.”
Carol Neely: Emilia acts in accordance with the “wifely virtues of silence, obedience, and prudence.”
Roxanne Schwab: “[Emilia] has obviously been abused and manipulated by her villainous husband.”

Question 31

Which critic aligns with Honigmann, who asserts “Fear of Iago, though not expressed explicitly, explains Emilia’s attitude”?

Answer 31

Roxanne Schwab: “[Emilia] has obviously been abused and manipulated by her villainous husband.”

Question 32

Which critic aligns with Roxanne Schwab who asserts that Emilia has “obviously been abused and manipulated by her villainous husband”?

Answer 32

Honigmann: “Fear of Iago, though not expressed explicitly, explains Emilia’s attitude.”

Question 33

Which critic aligns with Honigmann, who asserts that “Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power”?

Answer 33

Harold Bloom: “It is Othello’s tragedy but it is Iago’s play.”

Question 34

Which critic aligns with Harold bloom, who asserts that “It is Othello’s tragedy but it is Iago’s play”?

Answer 34

Honigmann: “Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power”.

Question 35

Which critic aligns with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who asserts that Iago’s evil comes from “motiveless malignity”?

Answer 35

A.C. Bradley: “Evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago.”

Question 36

Which critic aligns with A.C. Bradley, who asserts that “Evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the character of Iago.”?

Answer 36

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Iago’s evil comes from “motiveless malignity”.