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F.R. Leavis (Othello)
A
Othello’s constant “self dramatisation”; Othello was “pathetic”; “no tragic self discovery”
2
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Bradley (Othello)
A
Othello appears “poetic” in front of the senate
3
Q
Long (Othello)
A
Othello suffers a “collapse of the personality”
4
Q
Barker (Othello)
A
Othello is ‘an idealist turned misogynist’
5
Q
T.S. Eliot (on Othello’s death speech)
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‘simply cheering himself up’ on Othello’s death speech
6
Q
O’Toole (Othello)
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‘Iago is the Machiavellian villain, there is no Othello without Iago’
7
Q
Wheale (Othello/masculinity)
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‘Othello is incapable of any reciprocally loving relationship… beyond the masculine codes of behaviour that created him’
Othello critic quotes
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