Scholarly interpretations

Question 1

‘Othello the play talks about all the things we want to talk about but says all the things we don’t want to hear’

Answer 1

Edward Petcher

Question 2

‘Shakespeare was not concerned with portraying another ‘stock’ morality figure but rather particularly interested with the conventions of the human mind. Iago sees nothing wrong with his behaviour and is the perfect portrait of a psychopath. Devoid of all conscience and remorse.’

Answer 2

Fred West

Question 3

‘Iago is a human being, shrewdly intelligent, suffering and striking against the constant fear of social snobbery.’
‘It is not malice, but fear that drives him.’

Answer 3

Weston Babcock