Theme 5 (Tradgedy) Critics

Question 1

Maynard Mack (1952)

Answer 1

“In Othello, tragedy springs from the hero’s fatal entanglement of love and jealousy, rendering him both noble and destructively blind.”

Question 2

A. C. Bradley (1904)

Answer 2

“Othello’s downfall is not a mere misfortune; it is the inevitable collapse of a character rooted in trust and grand passion.”

Question 3

F. R. Leavis (1937)

Answer 3

“Othello’s tragedy is self-inflicted; his readiness to act on insinuations signals a fatal vulnerability rather than a mere victimhood.”