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Shrift NounA confessional Beseech VerbTo earnestly request Wooed Verb (pt)Courted, dated Conspire VerbTo secretly plot Importunity NounThe state of being burdensome Castigation NounA severe punishment or criticism Advocation NounThe cause or path of action Suborned Verb (pt)Induced to commit a…

Abhor(v) Defn: To regard with horror or intense dislike; detest or hateSynonym: LoatheSentence: The evil starfish abhorred the shark because it ate her family. Evade(v) Defn: To escape or avoid by cleverness or deceitSynonym: EludeSentence: When my mom asked me…

Black to White Othello himself is a Black man in a ‘White world’. “Her name, that was as fresh as Dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black as mine own face.” (3.3.441-443). When he says his “name” used to be…

Othello commands what army? Venetian Who joins Iago in waking Brabantio? Rodrigo What does Brabantio say Othello used on Desdemona to make her fall in love? Black magic and tricks Where will Othello fight the Turks? Cyprus Who says “I’m…

What does Iago say about Bianca in scene 1, lines 110-116? “Now will I question Cassio of Bianca,/A huswife that by selling her desires/Buys herself bread and (clothes.) It is a creature/That dotes on Cassio – as ’tis the strumpet’s…

Act 1 Scene 2 – Iago warning Othello that Brabantio may use his influence to arrest him and break up their marriage- Othello is confident that his royal breeding, status and reputation make him worthy match of Desdemona- Cassio brings…

Othello “Moor”, main character, respected general, easy prey to insecurities, Iago twists this person’s love for their wife into powerful and destructive jealousy Desdemona daughter of Brabantio, determined and self-possessed, pure, can’t prove to her husband she didn’t cheat and…

What was Iago’s complaint in Scene 1? Iago complained that he did not get the promotion. Cassio has the position, despite his not having any military experience. Who was Branantio, and why did Iago and Roderigo awaken him in the…

After Iago lied and told Othello that Cassio confessed to going to bed with Desdemona, what advice did he give the overwhelmed Othello? He told Othello to forget about it, not to act rashly, and try to protect his own…

Paul W. Kahn (Postmodern) “If there was no justice in Edmund’s plan, neither was there any justice in Edgar’s legal entitlement.” W.H. Clement (Modern) “Goneril, Regan and Edmund are the calculating, cool and unimaginative people who are ‘incapable’ of creative…