Othello A05 Critics Quotes

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"Honour is a gendered concept"
Peter Stallybrass
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What does this mean?
Honour changes whether it associated with a man or a woman. Women - chastity, sexual fidelity & Men - dominance, reputation, physical power, virility (masculinity)
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Theme?
Gender
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"Madness is to some degree a punishment or doom"
Maynard Mack
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What does this mean?
becoming mad is bad thing, punishment for over-thinking, results in madness
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Theme?
Madness
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"Above all else, Iago is a soldier"
Bruce R. Smith
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What does this mean?
Grown up in a world of men, driven by brotherly love
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What else?
That he is homosexual
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Theme?
Love
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"motiveless malignancy"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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What does this mean?
consistent evil, someone is very evil for no reason
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Theme?
Evil
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"the handkerchief is detachable"
Peter Stallybrass
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What does this mean?
that love can be passed on, uncertainty of their relationship
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Theme?
Love/Relationships
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"Othello does belonging to the world action in which his true part lay"
F.R. Leavis
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What does this mean?
Isn't really who he seems, everything is an ac. "action" - theatre "true part lay" - because he's acting
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What else?
Leavis believes that Othello doesnt't learn from whats happened, he is not sympathetic, he is an actor
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Theme?
Reality & illusion and identity
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"madness, when exhibited, was dramatically useful. It was arresting in itself"
Maynard Mack
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What does this mean?
It was interesting to watch people suffer, it was entertaining
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Theme?
Madness
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"In the tragic theatre, suffering and death are perceived as a matter for grief and fear, after which it seems that grief and fear become in their turn matter for enjoyment"
A.D. Nutall
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What does this mean?
Madness, suffering or grief could be seen as entertaining and the people watching could feel enjoyment and pleasure watching extreme suffering
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Theme?
Madness
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"there being no possible motive for Iago's behaviour in destroying Othello & Desde except the rancour of the rejected and jealous lover of the Moor
J.I.M. Stewart
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What does this mean?
Iago could be homosexual, he says he loves the Moor, if he does its the most perverse (awkward) love
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Theme?
Love
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Honour changes whether it associated with a man or a woman. Women - chastity, sexual fidelity & Men - dominance, reputation, physical power, virility (masculinity)

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Gender

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Maynard Mack

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becoming mad is bad thing, punishment for over-thinking, results in madness

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