Othello (Vol. 35) | A. André Glaz (essay date 1962)
A. André Glaz (essay date 1962)
SOURCE: "Iago or Moral Sadism," in American Imago, Vol. 19, No. 4, Winter, 1962, pp. 323-48.
[In the essay below, Glaz remarks on the play's organization and major psychological themes, including guilt, jealousy, and sadism.]
Wilst du der getreue Eckart sein
Und jedermann vor Schaden warnen
Es ist auch eine Rolle, Sie trägt nichts ein:
Sie laufen dennoch nach den Garnen
Goethe
In psychoanalytic literature, as well as in belles-lettres, we find a wealth of details and descriptions of masochism. Sadism, on the other hand, is very rarely described in the literature in general, or psychoanalytic literature in particular. What is the reason for this paucity? The masochist speaks; the sadist is silent.
As is well known,...
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