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Act 1 Scene 2 1.At the inn where Othello is lodging, Iago tells Othello that he wanted to stab Roderigo when he hears the things Roderigo was saying about Othello. He also warns Othello that Brabantio is likely to try…

Four points Loyalty, Iago, judgement and suspicions, role as a female character Some critics have suggested…. “Emilia is the most admirable and the strongest woman in Othello” Brave last speech “So speaking as I think, alas, I die” Iago calls…

“I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband” Act 1 scene 3 – Desdemona about her choice of Othello over her father “Most gracious Duke … lend your prosperous ear” Act 1 scene 3 – Desdemona to the duke…

verse poetic language that includes meter and sometimes rhyme; organized in lines with a consistent number of syllables; used for hight status characters, great affairs of war and state, and tragic moments prose ordinary written language with no meter or…

Were i the Moor i would not be IagoIn following him i follow but myself;Heaven is my judge, not i for love and duty (could put … here to break up) But seeming so for my peculiar end.For when my…

“Hell and night must bring monstrous birth to light” Iago, end of Act 1, religious and dark/light imagery “Divinity of hell” Iago, Act 2 Scene 3, paradox, hell imagery “perdition catch my soul but I do love thee. And when…

Othello A soldier from North Africa. Employed as a general by the city/state of Venice. Highly respected but still an outsider because of his skin color. Married to Desdemona. He gets away with his interracial marriage because he is such…

appearance vs reality Especially relevant to the issue of Iago’s character; for although he is called “honest” by almost everyone in the play, he is treacherous, deceitful, and manipulative. Also applies to Desdemona, as Othello believes that she is deceitful…

Who arrives on each ship, and in what order? Why didn’t they all come together? The readers learn that on the first ship, Cassio was on it. Then, on the second ship, Desdemona, Iago, Roderigo, and Emilia were on it.…

Chop her Into messes I’ll tear her All to pieces Beware, my lord, the green-eyed monster, Which doth mock/ the meat it feeds on A monster/ begot upon itself/ Born on itself Eaten up With passion Daily beauty in his…