WOMEN Flashcards
1
Q
Rhymer on Desdemona
A
“desdemona is a strumpet who lacks morals because she chooses to love and marry a moor”
2
Q
Bradley on desdemonas passivity
A
“the most loving of dumb creatures” who is “helplessly passive”
3
Q
Jardine on desdemonas passivity
A
“becomes the stereotype of feminine passivity”
4
Q
Mendes on Desdemonas choice of marrying othello
A
proves that she is “extremely strong” and makes herself an “active participant”
5
Q
Bowen on tension between military life and domestic life
A
“if othello is unable to govern desdemona, he is unfit to govern cyprus”
6
Q
Bradley on desdemonas character
A
“simple and innocent as a child” with the “courage and idealism of a saint”
