Othello critics

“by far the

most romantic figure among Shakespeare’s heroes”

“The audience

becomes complicit in Iago’s intention”

“a tragedy

without meaning”

AC Bradley

the play is a tragedy because Othello is exceptionally “noble” and “worthy”

FR Leavis

“Iago’s role as a villain is over-played”

AP Rossiton

he terms ‘Othello’ as a play of jealousy with Othello as a “jealous tyrant”

John Bagley

terms the play as a “tragedy of incomprehension”

Coleridge

He argues that “tragedy is not the point” as Othello “loved not wisely but too well”