THEMES Flashcards
1
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WOMEN
A
1) The women of the play are powerless to the machinations of men
- presented as idealised and united to exaggerate the crumbling state of masculinity
2
Q
JEALOUSY (disturbing aspects of human nature)
A
JEALOUSY is the most disturbing aspect of human nature
LEADS to the crumbling and deteriorating of the self
1) Motif of monsters and hell (animal description devolving)
2) Othello = eloquent and then can’t speak
3
Q
HONOR
A
honour= the quality of knowing and doing what is morally correct
- honor is ungraspable in the presence of a dominating patriarchal structure
