Love critics

Question 1

M.M Mahood

Answer 1

“love is not portrayed as a rational or stable force”

Question 2

Johnathan Bate

Answer 2

“the love between O & D is pure, but it is undercut by their inability to communicate aswell as O’s insecurity & D’s innocence”

Question 3

Laurie Maguire

Answer 3

“serial silencing of women”

Question 4

Helen Gardner

Answer 4

Suggests D is “love’s martyr”, by dying wins O’s love again

Question 5

E.A.J Honingman

Answer 5

E’s final actions prove love triumphs over hate
- “E’s love of D is I’s undoing”

Question 6

A.C Bradley

Answer 6

“love, in O is portrayed as a powerful but fragile emotion , one that is easily corrupted by insecurities & external manipulation”

Question 7

Michael Neill

Answer 7

“Love in O is a transformative force that trascends racial & social boundaries, but it is also vulnerabke to the corrosive influence of jealousy”

Question 8

Harold Bloom

Answer 8

“O’s love for is sincere , yet it is ultimately overwhelmed by the poisonous forces of jealousy & mistrust that I manipulates”

Question 9

Terry Eagleton

Answer 9

I tried to find proof of D’s infidelity, and O almost wants it to happen

Question 10

Caryl Phillips

Answer 10

Says O’s love for D is “the love of a possession. She is a prize , a spoil of war

Question 11

A.C Bradley

Answer 11

O was “the most romantic figure among S’s heroes” , the newness of his marriage makes his jealousy credible