Criticism Flashcards
Woman is an excellent…
Ornament of man - Cornelius a Lapide
Her identity disappears as…
Othello’s jealousy becomes more defined - Liz Lewis
retains…savage passions of his
Moorish blood and his suspiciousness regarding female chastity - A.C. Bradley
Motiveless…
malignity - Coleridge
Banishing the great number of…
blackamoors which are crept into this realm - QE1
For adultery…
not out of jealousy - Lisa Jardine
The audience becomes complicit…
and is soon involved in his vengeful plotting - Sean McEvoy
She is a prize…
a spoil of war - Caryl Phillips
The strongest…
most heroic person in the play - EAJ Honigmann
Othello’s identity depends upon…
a constant performance of his story, a loss of his own origins - Greenblatt
Desdemona accepts…
her culture’s dictum that she must be obedient - Marilyn French
the most…
rootless of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes - Edward Berry
He has no…
geographical or cultural anchor to his being - Edward Berry
Feminist
Reflecting the culture in which Othello was written, none of the three female characters is ultimately treated as an equal by the men.
Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca treated differently
Post - colonial
Critics exploring Othello from a post-colonial perspective would focus on the two areas of colonialism and racism presented in the play, the occupation of Cyprus and attitudes to Othello’s origins.
