Othello - Traditional Criticisms Flashcards
1
Q
What did Thomas Rymer feel about Othello’s plot?
A
It was “improbable”
2
Q
What did Samuel Johnson admire about Iago?
A
His “cool malignity”
3
Q
What does Samuel Taylor Coleridge argue about the play?
A
It was about “suspicion”, not “jealousy”
4
Q
Who did Thomas Rymer argue that the play’s morals were a warning to?
A
“To all good wives that they look well to their men”
5
Q
What did Samuel Johnson praise the play for?
A
Its “aesthetic qualities”
6
Q
What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge admire about Roderigo?
A
He was a “dupe”
7
Q
What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge say about Iago’s motive?
A
“The motive-hunting of a motive less Malignity”
8
Q
What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge describe Iago as?
A
“A being next to a devil, but not quite a devil”
