Key themes in ‘Othello’
Love
Jealousy
Power
Race
Quote that represents Desdemona’s naivety
“A moth of peace”
Samuel Coleridge on Iago
“The motive hunting of motiveless malignity”
O’Toole on Iago
“There is no Othello without Iago”
John Wain on Othello
“It’s a tragedy of misunderstanding”
AC Bradley on Othello
“Noblest soul on earth”
Marilyn French on Desdemona
“Self denying in the extreme”
“She must be obedient to males”
Lisa Jardine on Desdemona
“too-knowing and too independent”