About the lecture

In this module, we read through Act 5, Scene 1, the scene in which, in a confusing melee, Cassio is injured and Roderigo stabbed and killed by Iago. In particular, we think about: (i) Iago’s sense of responsibility for those around him; (ii) the brawl between Cassio and Roderigo, in which both men are injured, one mortally; and (iii) the character of Bianca and the concept of the ‘honest whore’.

About the lecturer

John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and Teaching Associate in the School of English at Nottingham University, and holds Visiting Professorships in China, Malaysia, Spain and the USA. He is co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English with Ron Carter, and also wrote The Language of Poetry, Literature with a Small 'l' and the first critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others.