A.C. Bradley on Cassio’s character
‘there is something very lovable about Cassio’
‘moral beauty’
A.C. Bradley on the audience’s trust towards Cassio
‘we trust him never to pervert the truth for the sake of some doctrine or purpose of his own’
How would a Jacobean audience have felt about Cassio?
Many of the audience members would have disliked Cassio as a ‘new type of officer’
William Empson on Iago’s feelings towards Cassio
Iago ‘regards the virtues of Cassio as part of his superficial and over-rewarded charm of manner’
Elizabeth Mazzola on Bianca (2)
‘an emblem of the larger world; her movements aligned with integrity, the ability to reason, and mastery of her’
‘picture of female freedom’
Matt Simpson on Bianca’s name
‘an Italian name that translates as white’
Matt Simpson on Bianca’s role
‘underscores the theme of jealousy’
John McRae on Bianca
Bianca is the ‘most realistic’ of the three women in Othello
