Kiernan Ryan
Othello and Desdemona have made a mockery of
the principles of social, sexual and racial hierarchy on which Iago’s very identity and sense of self-worth depend.
A C Bradley
Emotion excites his (Othello’s) imagination
Bonnie Greer
Othello discovers that
he is his own enemy
Ania Looma
Othello is a victim of racial beliefs
precisely because he becomes an agent to misogynist ones
Bernard O’Keeffe
Iago, the
supreme storyteller
Giles Block
As he (Iago) watches us watching him,
we become complicit in his devilry
Bonnie Greer
Jealousy (…)
undermines his (Othello’s) life
Richard Lees
Iago propels Othello
towards murder and self-destruction
Sarah Robertson
He (Shakespeare) seems to mock (male charcaters’ misogyny)
as everything the men say about the women is completely untrue
Honigmann
Dramatic perspective compels us to
see with his (Iago’s) eyes and share his “jokes”
GK Hunter
(Iago want Othello’s deeds to)
fit with the prejudice his face excites
female deviance
Ania Loomba
