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Quick Critical Debates on Iago
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- 1What are the critical debates of Iago?1. Motives
2. Level of Importance as a tragic catalyst
3. Levels of sympathy - 2How do the critics differ on their views on his motives?Coleridge - 'motive-hunting of motiveless malignity'
Honigmann - 'resentment of social privilege'
'essential sadism' - 3How do the critics differ on their views of his importance in the tragedy?Honigmann - 'enjoys a God-like sense of power'
FR Leavis - 'subordinate and merely ancillary' - 4How do the critics differ on their views of the audience's level of sympathy?Samuel Johnson - 'from the first scene to the last hated and despised'
Honigmann - 'dramatic perspective can even make us the villain's accomplices'
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- gcse English Literature (Othello) Flashcards on Quick Critical Debates on Iago, created by Emily Borg on 04/02/2020.
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