“As his wife, Emilia must know Iago better than anybody else. She does not know, any more than the others, that he… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“Iago’s treatment of Othello conforms to Bacon’s definition of scientific enquiry as putting Nature to the Question. If a member of the… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“The practical joker despises his victims, but at the same time he envies them because their desires, however childish and mistaken, are… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“As for Iago’s jealousy, one cannot believe that a seriously jealous man could behave towards his wife as Iago behaves towards Emilia,… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“Practical jokes are a demonstration that the distinction between seriousness and play is not a law of nature but a social convention… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“All practical jokes, friendly, harmless or malevolent, involve deception, but not all deceptions are practical jokes. The two men digging up the… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
