AO5- Critic/own interpretations

Question 1

Othello critic

Answer 1

-John Wain
-“A tragedy of misunderstanding”

-T.S Eliot
-“Othello is a terrible exposure of human weakness”

Question 2

Desdemona critic

Answer 2

-John Adams
-“Desdemona deserved her fate as black and white blood cannot be intermingled”
-Link to audience views of interracial relationships at time

Question 3

Iago critic

Answer 3

-O’Toole
-“Iago is the Machiavellian villain, there is no Othello without Iago”

-Honigmann
-“Iago enjoys a god-like sense of power”
-Link to similars between ego and Iago