What does Kastan about Tragedies
Shakespeare’s tragedies are shaped more by medieval theories of tragedy than classical ones
medieval tragedy: the fall from prosperity to wretchedness
What does Coleridge say about Iago
“Iago embodies a motiveless malignity”
What does Honigmann say about Iago
“Iago enjoys a godlike sense of power”
What does Goddard say Shakespeare does with Iago
Shakespeare confers on Iago “the highest intellectual gifts”
What does Muir say the story is about
“the story of a melodramatic villain entrapping a credulous fool”
What does Hopkins say about female characters
female characters are disappointingly weak
What does A.C Bradley say about Othello’s blackness
A blackness between his eyes and the world
What does Cox say about reputation
Reputation is an essential commodity
What does Cowhig say Othello is in society
Othello is an alien in a white society
What does Greer say is the real tragedy
Othello’s jealousy not Iago’s hatred is the real tragedy
