Othello Character critics

Question 1

weak

Answer 1

Othello is a “terrible exposure of human weakness” – T.S. Eliot

Question 2

misogynistic

Answer 2

the views of women the Moor already possessed

Question 3

weak

Answer 3

“The tragic protagonist was responsible for his own downfall: Iago’s role is subsordinate and merely ancillary” – F.R Leavis

Question 4

hero

Answer 4

“Most romantic figure among Shakespeare’s heroes” – A.C. Bradley (traditionalist interpretation)