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4.1 How does Iago go about providing the visual proof of Desdemona’s infidelity that Othello had earlier asked for? Iago tells Othello to hide while Iago gets Cassio to talk crudely about Bianca; Othello believes Cassio is talking about Desdemona.…

“To tell you where he lodges is to tell you where I lie”- clown The provides some contrasting comic relief. Taking words only at face value. He speaks in puns. Sense of dramatic irony. Clown knows more then Desdemona. Sinister.…

Othello Plans to kill Desdemona–Iago told him to strangle her in the bed in which she cheated. Once he realizes what he has done, and all of Iago’s lies, he expresses his remorse and true sorrow, then kills himself. Desdemona…

1.1, Iago “Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty…For daws to peck at; I am not what I am” 1.1, Iago “I am one, sir that comes to tell you your daughter And the moor are making…

Soliloquy speaking thoughts out loud to the audience(general). Aside: When the character turns to the audience to talk Iambic pentameter 10 stressed and unstressed syllables in two sets of five 5 stressed and 5 unstressed Puns: A play on words…

The turkish fleet was destroyed. When cassio, Desdemona, Emilia, and Iago arrive safely at Cyprus what was happening to the Turkish fleet? Anxiously How was Desdemona waiting for Othello to come? They were having word play on the rolls of…

Act 1 Scene 1 (Iago and Roderigo are discussing why they hate Othello) *Iago hates Othello because Othello made Cassio 2nd in command instead of him. He feels Cassio is less experienced. *Roderigo hates Othello because he love’s Othello’s wife…

At the start of the scene, what do the letters seem to indicate? These letters are reporting that there are Turkish ships on the way to Cyprus. Why doesn’t the First Senator believe the news that the Turkish fleet is…

What is Iago’s plan for Cassio? His plan is to kill Cassio and have Rodrigo do it for him. What are the two reasons that Iago wants Cassio dead? 1. Cassio is a better person than Iago which makes him…

“And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms” (I.ii.9). Alliteration “To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on” (I.i.123-127). Alliteration “Because we come to do you service and you think we…