| Emilia key quote on men and women stresses Desdemona’s vulnerability and connotes danger | they are all but stomachs, and we all but food: / they eat us hungerly, and when they are full/ they belch us |
| Is Cassio a misogynist too? | womaned |
| Othello makes many short exclamations before he falls into a trance | Lie with her, zounds, that’s fulsome! |
| Iago presents lies concerning Cassio and Desdemona as fact in a vulgar way- uses nearly all monosyllabic words, like individual blows, suggests Desdemona has been unfaithful for much longer | he hath and is again to cope your wife |
| Bianca loves Cassio | I think i’faith she loves me |
| Cassio’s disdain for Bianca | I marry! What, a customer! |
| Othello has decided to kill Desdemona | Get me some poison, Iago, this night |
| Iago chooses how Othello should kill Desdemona- bed is thematically important (represents their love)- he is now fully controlling Othello | Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed |
| Othello is egotistical about killing Desdemona- he thinks he’s doing the right thing | Good, good, the justice of it pleases |
| Desdemona’s reaction after being slapped- is she assertive or passive? | I have not deserved this. |
| Lodovico’s reaction after witnessing Othello’s violence- his reputation has been tarnished and his pride affected | My lord, this would not be believed in Venice/ Though I should swear I saw’t |
| Lodovico’s statement reminds us how much Othello has changed- Lodovico is an outsider, after all | I am sorry that I am deceived in him |
| Othello’s ultimate reaction when he thinks Desdemona has lost the hankerchief and therefore her fidelity | to los’t or to giv’t away were such perdition |
Othello, Act 3 Scene 4/ Act 4, Scene 1
July 3, 2019