| How does Iago intend to dispose Cassio & Roderigo? What actually transpires? | He wants Cassio & Roderigo to fight each other to the death & Iago will dispose the one living. Cassio was a good fighter so Iago stabbed him in the leg and he killed Roderigo. |
| How does Iago’s treachery finally work itself out? | The truth comes out about Iago’s lies. Othello, Roderigo, Emilia & Desdemona are dead because of Iago’s plot. |
| What philosophical viewpoint prevails at the end of the play? | The evil emotions of jealousy, anger, envy & greed. |
| How has behavior & attitudes between the sexes changed since Shakespeare time? How have behavior & attitudes remained the same? | Women can get jobs men have; allowed to have freedom; are highly educated. However, women being the weaker sex has remained the same. |
| Do you think Othello tells the truth in his speech to Desdemona? Why or why not? | Yes I believe he did and he also regrets for what he did to her thats why he committed suicide. |
| Roderigo, Cassio & Othello are manipulated by Iago, but how are they different? What weaknesses or virtues does Iago exploit in each character’s case? How does the 3 comment on each other as characters? | Roderigo was money and DesdemonaCassio was his need to get Othello trust backOthello was jealousy, the handkerchief and pride |
| Tragic Heroes experience a “reversal of fortune”, when does this point occur in Othello? | At the falling point when Othello made his speech regretting what he did and killing himself because of it/ |
Othello Act V
July 13, 2019