Othello (Act 1 and 2) Quiz

Parts of a tragic hero GreatGood manHappyTragic flawAccepts everything is his faultDies
Iago’s plan Part 1: Convince Roderigo that Cassio and Desdemona are secretly in lovePart 2: Have Roderigo anger CassioPart 3: Get Cassio drunkPart 4: Iago will tell Othello about Cassio and Desdemona’s affair
“I am not what I am” IAGOShowing that he is two-faced
Brabantio Desdemona’s father
“It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place, To be produced- as if I stay I shall- Against the Moor” IAGOHe is against the Moor
Father, from hence trust not your daughter’s minds By what you see them act” BRABANTIODesdemona is acting like she is innocent but in the inside she is not
“Provoke him, that he may, for even out of that will I case of Cyprus to mutiny, whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio” IAGO
“… yet that I put the Moor at least into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure” IAGO
“Knavery’s plain face is never seem till used” IAGO
“She’s a most exquisite lady” CASSIO
“If I can fasten but one cup upon him With that which he hath drunk tonight already He’ll be as full of quarrel and offense as my young mistress’ dog” IAGO
“Our General’s wife is not that General” IAGO
“Confess yourself freely to her, importune her help to put you in your place again” IAGO
“And what’s he then that says I play the villain” IAGO
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch, And out of her won goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all” IAGO
Iago’s motives for his revenge: 1) Othello may have slept with Iago’s wife.2) Othello made Casio his lieutenant instead of Iago.3) Iago hates Othello.4) Iago may be jealous of Othello having Desdemona