theorists Flashcards
1
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Samuel Coleridge
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Othello isn’t to blame. Iago is “a being next to devil”, his monologues are “the motive-hunting of motiveless malignity”.
2
Q
William Hazlitt
A
Othello has great “depth of passion”, evokes a lot of PATHOS
3
Q
A.C Bradley
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Iago has “supreme intellect” and that makes him dangerous
4
Q
T.S Eliot
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Othello’s final speech was a “terrible exposure of human weakness”
5
Q
Marilyn French
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Desdemona accepts that because of her society “she must be obedient to males”
6
Q
Lisa Jardine
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Desdemona is punished for being “too-knowing” and “too-independent”
Desdemona’s death is her being taught a lesson in what happens if you go against the patriarchy
