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Othello- Critical Quotes

heya!
does anyone have any idea where I can find any critical quotes on Shakespeare's play Othello as I have looked online and there are no actual decent ones (with authors names) that I can learn and use in my A2 exam next month. If anyone has any idea of quotes or where I can find them, pleas please help :smile:

I am desperate now!!
Thanks!!!! x x x

Reply 1

Dreama

13

The main two for you to research....

Coleridge (early 19th C) ~

sees Othello as "the very opposite to a jealous man... noble, generous, openhearted, unsuspicious and unsuspecting."

I warn you - be careful with Coleridge, for he tended to swerve into racial prejudice rather consistently. (Once proclaiming Othello couldn't possibly be black as he held such admirable qualities... )

Coleridge also was the dude wh granted us the wonderful phrase in regard to Iago; "Motiveless malignity."

Bradley - 20th century~

Condemns Othello as "unusually open to deception,"
Bradley is a cute one - he treats all the characters as life-like and thus open to psychological analysis which makes for interesting quotes.

Don't want to sit here all afternoon typing out critical opinions, but hopefully this will help you.

If you'd like further help or discussion do PM me. :smile:

Good luck,
Dreama xxxxxx

Reply 2

caffecooki

OP

10

thank you!!!!!!! u have no idea how much help that is 2 me!! :smile:

Reply 3

Dreama

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Good good... :biggrin:

Reply 4

Endymion

9

York Notes on Othello have a section at the back which features quotes by various critics.

Reply 5

Neitzhschezehcz

2

This site looks good: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/346/proj2/team1/index.htm

AQA students should be advised that the AQA examining board is against using critics quote, preffering the 'informed individual response'.

Reply 6

fire-faery

2

the most important thing is finding evidence to support and disprove critics' theories - you won't get marks for mentioning them, they're just a springboard to get you arguing your point. that's why aqa are wary about candidates using them.

find some nice, sweeping, biased quotes (victorian ones are the best) and then talk about how sweeping and biased they are.

Reply 7

expression'samg

Are you doing the Othello Wjec exam?

That is the one I'm doing by force. I only signed up for A level English because they promised no Jan exams (where as Geography did) then the Head of English changed and she is making us do the exam. Actually she said we could be withdrawn if we wanted the day after we were all entered without been told.

The year 11s at my school aren't happy though with the new Head of English.( http://www.freewebs.com/creepy_crawley/ ) I am not impressed with her...I perfered the old head of english but I need to get through these exams!

Reply 8

Aylia

1

I was on OCR and was told that using critics quotes wouldn't get me any extra marks - as fire-faery said you can use them as a springboard, but they're not necessary. If I were you I'd concentrate on knowing the book inside out and back to front instead :smile:

Reply 9

AllergicToFairydust

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Endymion

York Notes on Othello have a section at the back which features quotes by various critics.

I really like the York Notes version for Othello however when I was doing GCSE, my english teacher recommended a set of revision guide called Teach Yourself Literature Guides - pity they're only for GCSE.

Reply 10

Endymion

9

York Notes (for GCSE) and Sparknotes (online) are far superior than the 'Teach Yourself LIterature Guides.'

Reply 11

AllergicToFairydust

1

Maybe but I pefered the whole mind-map layout...I learn better using mind maps

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