Shakespeare and the Aristotelian Ethical TraditionStanford University, 1956 - 666 pages |
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Page 274
... Othello is blameless until in the clutches of Iago . They have emphasized the flaws in Othello's character from the beginning of the play . 13 Attention has also been drawn to the explicit Christian imagery of the play.14 In fact , so ...
... Othello is blameless until in the clutches of Iago . They have emphasized the flaws in Othello's character from the beginning of the play . 13 Attention has also been drawn to the explicit Christian imagery of the play.14 In fact , so ...
Page 289
... Othello . His own wickedness , of which he had said , " tis here but yet confused , " is finding a scheme by acting ... Othello's tragic fault is shrewdly appraised ; it is his excessive devo- tion to Desdemona . The earlier hints of ...
... Othello . His own wickedness , of which he had said , " tis here but yet confused , " is finding a scheme by acting ... Othello's tragic fault is shrewdly appraised ; it is his excessive devo- tion to Desdemona . The earlier hints of ...
Page 290
... Othello and Desdemona were admired in Act I are still there , but in the case of Othello , al- ready clouded by excess . Iago's development has consisted in finding the means to work out his end . But in Act III , the two forces of love ...
... Othello and Desdemona were admired in Act I are still there , but in the case of Othello , al- ready clouded by excess . Iago's development has consisted in finding the means to work out his end . But in Act III , the two forces of love ...
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