Othello critics

Question 1

Phillips

Answer 1

Othello’s love of Desdemona is “the love of a possession. She is a prize, a spoilt of war”

Question 2

Loomba

Answer 2

“Othello is a victim of racial beliefs precisely because he becomes an agent of misogynistic ones”

Question 3

Greer

Answer 3

“Othello is a black general in a white army… he has created for himself a personality that they can accept … Othello is a victim of Imperialism”

Question 4

Leavis

Answer 4

Othello is always acting - he begins and ends the play acting a part. He thrives on “histrionics” throughout … it [his death] is a superb “coup de theatre”