| Othello | main character; general within the army; married to Desdemona; tragic hero |
| Desdemona | othello’s wife |
| Iago | second-in-command of Othello; wants revenge on Othello for not being promoted into higher ranks; known as honest even though he is not |
| Brabantio | Father of Desdemona |
| Roderigo | In love with Desdemona, but was rejected by her |
| Emelia | Wife of Iago |
| Cassio | Lieutenant of Othello |
| Montano | Officer of Othello; gets into fight with Cassio |
| Stage Direction | italicized, not meant to be read aloud, tell the actors how to set the scene |
| Monologue | a group of lines spoken by a single character who is alone on stage/ out of earshot of the other characters; usually depicts a character’s inner conflict |
| Dialouge | typical format of lines in a play; a conversation between two or more characters |
| Aside | a comment made by a character on stage, not heard by the other characters, just the audience; mean to represent the character’s thoughts |
| iambic pentameter | 5 feet unstressed stressed |
| Tragedy | the type of play othello is |
| 1603 | when was othello written? |
| Sonnets and Plays | What did Shakespeare write? |
| Venice and Cyprus | Setting of the Play |
| Cassio | Who does Othello Promote |
| Iago | Who doesn’t Othello Promote |
| Iago and Roderigo | Who wakes up Brabantio? |
| Cyprus | What island do the characters leave for at the end of act 1? |
| Othello and Cassio | Who does Iago want to sabotage? |
| The Wedding and defeat of Ottomans | What is being celebrated in the beginning of Act 2 |
| cassio and Montano | Who fights in Act 2 |
| Cuckold | he husband of an adulteress, often regarded as an object of derision |
| Moor | a member of a northwestern African Muslim people ; Othello is refured to as one |
| herald | an official messenger bringing news |
| nuptial | a wedding |
| choler | to be angry |
| knave | a dishonest or unscrupulous man. |
Othello Act 1 & 2
September 9, 2019