Othello theorists
- Created by: Sophia Dossa
- Created on: 23-10-21 17:10
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- Othello- theorists
- Samuel Coleridge
- Othello isn't to blame. Iago is "a being next to devil", his monologues are "the motive-hunting of motiveless malignity".
- Marilyn French
- Desdemona accepts that because of her society "she must be obedient to males"
- A.C Bradley
- Iago has "supreme intellect" and that makes him dangerous
- T.S Eliot
- Othello's final speech was a "terrible exposure of human weakness"
- Lisa Jardine
- Desdemona is punished for being "too-knowing" and "too-independent"Desdemona's death is her being taught a lesson in what happens if you go against the patriarchy
- William Hazlitt
- Othello has great "depth of passion", evokes a lot of PATHOS
- Samuel Coleridge
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