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What is Othello suffering from in the beginning of scene 1? A seizure How many seizures has Othello had? 2 What does Iago say while Othello is seizing and why is this important? Iago says his medicine is working. He…

What is the setting of our story? The streets of Venice in the 1500s Why does Iago believe that Cassio should not be lieutenant? Support with a line from the text. Cassio has never been in battle; he know strategy…

Othello A Moorish general in the Venetian army; main character/Governor of Cyprus; Jealousy is his fatal flaw Desdemona Othello’s wife Brabantio Desdemona’s father; a Venetian senator Iago Othello’s “ancient”; villain of the play and master manipulator Emilia Iago’s wife; Desdemona’s…

Wisdom/knowledge/self-knowledgeCordelia – “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond; nor more nor less.” (Act 1.1, Line 91)Kent – ” Do; Kill thy physician and the fee bestow…

Scene 1 Gloucester and kent discuss King lears decision to divide the kingdom, and then Gloucester introduces his illegitimate son who has been out of the country for nine years. Then King Lear,cornwall,albany,gonreil,regan and Cordelia enter and the division of…

Albany is conflicted whether to fight France “he’s full of alteration And self reproving” Regan only caring about sex literally moments before war “have you never found my brother’s way to the forfended place” Goneril only caring about sex literally…

“a third more opulent than your sisters” 1.1.85 The comparative “more” suggests how Lear loves Cordelia more than his other daughters. “Nothing, my lord.” 1.1.87″Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again” 1.1.90 Nothing becomes a motif throughout the tragedy. Nothing,…

“His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge. I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I am brazed to’t” (Act 1 Scene 1) Gloucester tells Kent that Edmund is his son, but he’s a bastard. He speaks…

king lear s often read as a misogynistic play which reinforces patriarchal hegemony and punishes women for subverting the stereotypical passive role Opening on the female role/Patriarchal world underrepresentation of women and in particular, women in power What does the…

Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia King Lear’s daughters from oldest to youngest are… ______, ______, and ______ Edgar Gloucester’s legitimate son is named…. Goneril, Regan, Edmund The “bad children” are…. ______, ______, ______ He’s got hella knights and they don’t like…