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WHO SAID IT?
Cards in this deck (19)
- 1'a novel of intricate patterns'- Fitzgerald
- 2'the city's reputation for sexual licentiousness'- Honigmann
- 3'that a black man... marries an upper-class white wife upsets all contemporary notions of decorum'Honigmann (helps us as modern readers to understand why this marriage is viewed as so utterly contemptible)
- 4'because of her waywardness she is punished by the patriarchy'Jardine
- 5'the motive hunting of a motiveless malignity'Coleridge
- 6Othello never falls completelyBradley
- 7Iago is a dramatic figure and an external influenceBradley
- 8the newness of the marriage makes the jealousy credibleBradley
- 9Othello has a natural tendency to jealousyLeavis
- 10Othello is ignorant of himself and DesdemonaLeavis
- 11the real tragedy is linked to Othello's ego and propensity for revengeLeavis
- 12Shakespeare suggests that Othello depends on Iago's eyes ie. 'was that mine?' - adds more taunt to comments like 'look to your wife'Jardine
- 13Iago fails to understand women and this destroys himHonigmann
- 14his trance may indicate a mental collapse from which he does not recoverHonigmann
- 15Iago is a malcontent with a grudge against privilegeHonigmann
- 16Othello idealises Desdemona so her sexuality surprises him - even to the point that the smothering may echo the stages of an orgasm, a perverse parody of the wedding nightHonigmann
- 17‘accepts her culture’s dictum that she must be obedient to males’French
- 18"her love is absolute"- Bradley on Desdemona
- 19"cleverly choreographed stillness"- about Non Sum Qualis and the use of "!"
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- A level English Literature (A-Level ) Flashcards on WHO SAID IT?, created by Sophie Pereira on 23/05/2018.
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