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I know not why I am so sad (Act One Scene One) Iambic pentameter, emphasis on adjective ‘sad’ presents Antonio as a melancholic character and suggests he will be one throughout. Before there has even been a complication, Antonio is…

There is more difference between thy flesh and hers than between jet and ivory. 3.1 salarino to Shylock (about his daughter) The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.…

‘I hate him for he is a Christian’ Shylock- the alliteration of the ‘h’ emphasises that he is whispering. This is a very obvious way of making Shylock look bad and discrimination. (1.3) ‘You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,And spit…

I know my price, I am worth no worse a place. Iago is jealous of Cassio’s promotion Preferment goes by letter and affection Iago makes excuses for why he hasn’t been promoted Othello loves Desdemona ‘not wisely but too well’…

(3) How does Iago convince Othello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio? He told Othello that Cassio was seen with Desdemona’s Hankerchief (4) What did it mean if you were to have an epileptic seizure? you were possessed…

Othello a Moorish general in the Venetian army; highly respected; Marries Desdemona; General in Venetian army; at the end of the play he is irrational, jealous, and violent; Convinced by Iago that his wife is unfaithful Desdemona A Venetian lady;…

shrift confession beseech ask for or request earnestly wooed gain the affection of; courted, dated conspire to plan or plot together secretly importunity insistent solicitation and entreaty; repeated requests castigation verbal punishment or criticism advocation a cause or a path…

‘thieves, thieves, thieves! Look to your house, your daughter and your bags!’ Iago-presents Desdemona as an object owned by her father, almost irrelevant in list of stolen objects.[A1S1] ‘the old black ram is tupping your white ewe!’ Iago-Desdemona is seen…

At Iago’s urging, Roderigo attacks… Cassio (oh crap whaddup) Iago kills… Roderigo (rip) Iago blames Bianca for… killing/hurting Cassio Othello confronts Desdemona in her room and…. …kills her…….DUNDUNDUNNNN (rip) Emilia reveals both… Othello and Iago (get it girl) (Until Iago…

Title Othello Author William Shakespeare Genre Tragedy Setting The play begins in Venice then it is transitioned to Cyprus. Characters Othello: Begins as a highly noted ranked army man then is denoted as his wife’s murderer when he is provoked…