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“Excellent wretch, perdition catch my soulBut I do love thee! And when I love thee not,Chaos is come again.” Act: 3Scene: 3Who to Who: Othello to IagoModern Translation: “What a wonderful girl! God help me, I love you! And when…

“I follow him to serve my turn upon him…I am not what I am.” pg. 9 Speaker: IagoSituation: Iago and Roderigo are having a conversation about Othello and how Iago wants to take his place. Meaning: This quote is saying…

[ACT 3, SCENE 3] Othello: I’ll tear her all to pieces Othello quickly becomes animalistic and violent, contrasting his earlier character [ACT 3, SCENE 3] Othello: Farewell the tranquil mind Othello appears to acknowledge his loss of rational thinking and…

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1 Reputation plays a big role in the play Othello written by Shakespeare. Iago uses his reputation as an honest man to deceive Othello and everyone else. Othello’s reputation also plays a big role throughout the play. Cassio’s changing reputation…

Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work The incompatibility of Military heroism, and love – Othello above all is a solider- Desdemona is Othello’s “fair warrior” he is happiest when he has her…

How is Othello highly respected in society? He has been an invited guest in Brabantio’s home many timesHe is descended from royalty How is Othello valued by his military strategy? Duke wants only him to handle Cyprus He is named…

What was Iago’s complaint in Scene 1? Cassio got the promotion he wanted. Why did Iago and Roderigo awaken Brabantio in the middle of the night? A marriage was taking place that involved his family. What was Brabantio’s reaction to…

John Danby Cordelia, for Shakespeare, is virtue John Southworth In some of the earliest European records the fool is designated nebulo… a paltry, worthless fellow… it was only in relation to his master that he was able to gain identity…

Lamar “The education and purification of Lear” Wilson ‘To Edmund, Goneril, Regan and Cornwall nature is a force encouraging the individual to think only of the fulfilment of their own desire’ Genesis The world came out of nothing Danby ‘A…