English Lit ''Othello'' - Critics

What does Dr Johnson say about Iago ?

“He is from the first scene to the last scene hated and despised”

What does Harold Goddard say about Iago ?

“Shakespeare bestowed the ‘highest intellectual gifts’ on Iago

what does Caryl Phillips say about Othello ?

“The pressures placed upon Othello has rendered his life a tragedy”

what does Ania Loomba say about Othello ?

“Othello is both a fantasy of interracial love and social tolerance, and a nightmare of racial hatred and male violence”

What does Honigmann say about Desdemona ?

“The strongest, most heroic person in the play”

What does A.C Bradley say about the structure of tragedy ?

“Suffering and calamity conducting to death”