Othello Critics

Question 1

Who has has the Shakespearean tragedy article?

Answer 1

Kastan

Question 2

Who does the the pleasure of tragedy?

Answer 2

Nuttell

Question 3

Who has the Shakespearean tragic hero article?

Answer 3

Bradley

Question 4

Tragedy and madness theory critic?

Answer 4

Mack

Question 5

Who has the portrayal of Iago article?

Answer 5

Honigmann

Question 6

The character of Othello?

Answer 6

Leavis

Question 7

Othello, race and society?

Answer 7

Loomba

Question 8

What two word quote does Kastan use to describe the outcome of deaths in Shakespearean plays?

Answer 8

“uncompensated suffering”

Question 9

Kastan wonders how Shakespeare “________” tragedy

Answer 9

modifies

Question 10

“The idea of tragedy as the fall from prosperity to wretchedness became commonplace” means what?

Answer 10

Tragedy has been constructed around this structure, hubris = fall to a place of hatred.

Question 11

In the extract Nuttall considers the tension between “________ and _____”

Answer 11

pleasure and pain

Question 12

Having pleasure alongside tragedy, seems like adding insult to “______”

Answer 12

injury

Question 13

The Nietzschean oxymoron ‘tragic joy’ originates from the The Birth of Tragedy, meaning what about an audience? (Nuttall)

Answer 13

Greek tragedy helped audiences appreciate their own existence

Question 14

Bradley says the tragic hero as a rule is contrasted with previous…

Answer 14

happiness or glory

Question 15

In the medieval times Bradley says medieval audiences saw the hero as part of a narrative rather than a what?

Answer 15

play

Question 16

Othello high position…

Answer 16

“never leaves him” (Bradley)

Question 17

Nuttall finishes with saying that the hero’s fate affects the welfare of a whole….

Answer 17

nation or empire

Question 18

Mack says Shakespearean tragic hero’s contain both…

Answer 18

punishment and insight

Question 19

Mack’s article outlines that madness often seems to be a form of divine….

Answer 19

punishment

Question 20

Mack argues madness is verbally assigned to characters, give an example of where this is true.

Answer 20

Othello - at intense relationship with Desdemona was destined to send him insane if she ever did anything to upset him.
Iago - Iago is doomed by his jealousy and hatred for Othello that it was only a matter of time before he attempted something. I argue Iago isn’t mad he’s just clever in decisiveness

Question 21

To communicate at all Mack says you must acknowledge the ________ voice

Answer 21

opposing (Rodrigo, Iago, Cassio and Desdemona) all pay a part in Othello’s madness, ether passively or actively.

Question 22

Iago is described as the chief what by Hongimann

Answer 22

humorist

Question 23

Iago excels in short term ______ not in long term _______

Answer 23

tactics and strategy

Question 24

Iago applies what metaphorical cosmetic to provide comedy and dramatic effect?

Answer 24

convenient masks

Question 25

The essence of Leavis article on Othello is is that once he’s discovered his mistake there is no what?

Answer 25

tragic self-discovery (catharsis)

Question 26

What juxtaposing quote does Leavis use to describe Othello’s personality?

Answer 26

“full complexity of Othello’s simple nature”

Question 27

Othello’s self dramatisation means Leavis concludes saying Othello dies belonging to the what?

Answer 27

world of fiction (where his true part lay)

Question 28

Othello yokes together which historical and societal characteristics? (Loomba)

Answer 28

slave past and noble lineage

Question 29

The juxtaposition between Brabantio’s racism towards Othello for “tupping” his daughter is ironic because…

Answer 29

Othello is needed for security to combat the Turks

Question 30

Loomba says England was increasingly hostile to who?

Answer 30

foreigners, hense why Iago’s Spanish name means he represents a threatened society.

Question 31

Kastan describes moments of inaction as what? (othello’s trance)

Answer 31

“agonising silences”

Question 32

What does Dr Johnson say poetry and drama must do to an audience in Nuttall’s article?

Answer 32

must please

Question 33

Bradley uses the word ‘brevity’ to describe Othello not being a “single star”, what does the word mean?

Answer 33

brevity - shortness/few words. Good to show he’s the main star but for all the wrong reasons and his dialogue is irrelevant.

Question 34

Magusson says what skill is particularly relevant to Iago and is used effectively in other plays such as King Lear and Macbeth.

Answer 34

rhetorical skill

Question 35

Magussson’s article is called?

Answer 35

voice potential

Question 36

__________ competence counts for less than _____ and ______ (voice potential)

Answer 36

linguistic / rank and status

Question 37

Danson’s critical article is on…

Answer 37

masculine desire in Othello

Question 38

Finish the quote, “slaves know that something..

Answer 38

is always held from the master

Question 39

What applies to Iago and Emilia but not Othello and Des? (marriage and ownership)

Answer 39

“ideology of marital possessiveness”

Question 40

Othello is a jealous husband because of what?

Answer 40

his slave past “property of another person and therefore comparable to the status of being married”

Question 41

Summarise Magnusson’s article on ‘voice potential’

Answer 41

power of the individuals speech depends on their status