Othello critical quotes Flashcards
Leavis’s critical quotes on the character of Othello ?
- “noble Othello is now seen as tragically pathetic”
-“no tragic self-discovery”
-“Othello is overcome with the pathos of it”
Honigmann critical quotes about the portrayal of Iago:
-“plays chief humorist”
-“anything but straightforward and audiences have responded to him in different ways”
-“mental torturer of Othello and Desdemona”
-“Dramatic perspective can even make us the villain’s accomplices: he confides in us, so we watch his plot unfolding from his point of view”
-“enjoys a god-like sense of power”
-“Iago excels in short-term tactics, not in long-term strategy
Loomba critical quotes about race:
-“Othello is both a fantasy of interracial love and social tolerance, and a nightmare of racial hatred and male violence”
-“Othello is a victim of racial beliefs precisely because he becomes an agent of misogynist ones”
-“existed outside the Christian fold”
-“a place for female deviance”
-“an ideal republic and hub for international trade”
-“Venetian civility has been built by letting in the very foreigners who now threaten to undermine it”
-“Othello is needed in order to combat the Turks”
-“Did the play make the case for a tolerant society, or did it issue a warning not only to disobedient daughters but also to ‘open societies’ who let in outsiders, especially black ones?”
