Critical Interpretations and Debate (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Bradley's view of Othello's hamartia
Bradley's view of Othello's hamartia
Excessive simplicity + misplaced trust
Peripeteia (Aristotelian term)
Peripeteia (Aristotelian term)
Reversal of fortune driving tragic plot
Coleridge's phrase for Iago's villainy
Coleridge's phrase for Iago's villainy
Motiveless malignity
Stoll's challenge to Bradley (1915)
Stoll's challenge to Bradley (1915)
Othello's jealousy exists before Iago's manipulation
Leavis's view of Othello's character
Leavis's view of Othello's character
Excessive credulity undermines heroism
Humoral pathology (Elizabethan theory)
Humoral pathology (Elizabethan theory)
Bodily fluids linked to temperament/character
Greenblatt's self-fashioning concept
Greenblatt's self-fashioning concept
Constructing public persona through narrative & performance
Miscegenation anxiety definition
Miscegenation anxiety definition
Fear of interracial relationships
French's feminist reading of Desdemona & Emilia
French's feminist reading of Desdemona & Emilia
Proto-feminists who articulate their own perspectives
Newman's patriarchal spectacle concept
Newman's patriarchal spectacle concept
Bedroom murder as voyeuristic theatre policing female agency