Othello Critics

Othello Critics

1. John Bayley

   • "no one in Othello comes to understand himself or anyone else"
     • "Desdemona is as much imprisoned in her assumption of love as Othello is"

2. Samuel Johnson

   • "Othello is inflexible in his resolution"

3. William Hazlitt

   • "Iago seeks to fashion the world in his own interest
   • "perfect indifference to moral good or evil"

4. F.R Leavis

   • "Othello has a propensity to jealousy"

5. Booth

   • "Don't act the villain but think it all the time"

6. Fintan O'Toole

   • "Othello's jealousy is like a walking stick ready to be kicked out from beneath him"