Othello-Critic Quotes

Question 1

Greenblatt

Answer 1

‘Iago represents the way concepts of identity modified from medieval notions of fixed identities to early modern notions of fluid ones.’

Answer 2

“The reason why Iago is so quickly and spectacularly successful in persuading Othello to swallow the vile tale he spins round Desdemona is that Othello is primed to believe it by the warped view of women and female sexuality that he shares not only with Iago but with other men.’ (Ryan 2016)

Answer 3

‘Othello seems to fear that he is the duped victim in a domestic tragedy only to become the villain of one.’ (Thompson, 2016)

Question 4

Thompson, introduction to the Arden edition of ‘Othello’, 2016

Answer 4

He who controls the storytelling controls the world in ‘Othello”

Question 5

Thompson (2016)

Answer 5

If we learn anything from Othello it should be that there are benefits to accepting multiple stories, frames and narratives.’