Othello

What does A.C Bradley comment about Othello’s identity and what a modern audience would see? ‘Most romantic…’

‘‘most romantic figure among Shakespeare’s heroes’ - a modern audience fail to see the romance in a man who merely worships an ideal femininity.’

What does A.C Bradley comment on regarding what Othello retains beneath the surface?

‘retains beneath the surface the savage passions of his Moorish blood.’

What does T.S Eliot state about Othello’s character being noble?

‘Othello is anything but noble and endeavours to escape reality.’

What does F.R Leavis believe about how Othello’s downfall/ Fall From Grace, was created?

that it was the result of his own weaknesses not Iago’s manipulation

What is there quite from F.R Leavis that supports this point of view?

‘The mind that undoes him is not Iago’s but his own.’

What does Ania Loomba state about Othello’s marriage and the effect of it on him?

it isolates him

Loomba on Othello as a victim of racial beliefs. ‘Othello is a victim of racial beliefs precisely…’

‘Othello is a victim of racial beliefs precisely because he becomes an agent of misogynistic ones.’

Loomba on Othello’s feeling of belonging.

it makes him ‘near schizophrenic’

What does Kenneth Tyan comment about Othello’s jealously? ‘Othello states he is…”

‘Othello states that he is not easily jealous - it is the most appalling bit of self-deception.’