Othello - critical quotes to fit many arguments

Gardner

The ending has a "sense of completeness" which makes it "the most beautiful in Shakespearian tragedy" - structure

Phillips

"Othello is a man of action not a thinker" - Othello, violence, downfall

"Othello feels constantly threatened and profoundly insecure" - Othello, jealousy, manipulation

Jardine

"Desdemona has become a stereotype of female passivity" - Desdemona, women, power

Coleridge

Iago acts in "motiveless malignity" - Iago, motives, jealousy

Iago is driven by a "love…