Critics quotes for English Flashcards
1
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A
‘Motiveless malignancy’
2
Q
Dympna Callaghan (Marxist)
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The handkerchief ‘acts as the miniature of the nuptial linens’
3
Q
Lisa Jardin (feminist)
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‘Desdemona becomes a stereotype of female passivity’
4
Q
T.S Eliot
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‘Othello is responsible for his own downfall’
5
Q
Freudian interpretation
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‘Iago’s pain and distrust is caused by his repressed sexual desire for Othello which is unrequited’
6
Q
Valerie Wayne
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‘Iago is the presence of misogynistic discourse in the Renaissance’
7
Q
Kristen Brady
A
‘Tess was more of a passive victim of male aggression and idealisation than an active participant’
8
Q
James Hefferson
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‘To read Alec as a rapist is grossly to underestimate him’
9
Q
Mark Asquith
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‘a puppet through which her ancestors continue their barbarous lives’
