opposing critics Desdemona Flashcards
1
Q
“Desdemona is strong, not weak”
Ellen Terry
A
strong: assertive and defend their marriage to her father
weak: being subservient and repeats “Lord” even at her death
2
Q
“sweetest and most pathetic of Shakespeare’s women. appears passive and defenceless”
AC Bradley
A
compare to Lady Macbeth
3
Q
“Desdemona has been false to the purity and delicacy of her sex and condition when she married, we can not forget the vice of her character”
John Adams
A
many might agree that Desdemona herself is a double character as she deceived her father. (views on interracial marriage)
DISAGREE: D is still presented as good and chaste, Shakespeare mitigate the idea of vice to show sympathy
