2:1 Flashcards
‘the divine Desdemona’
‘the riches of the ship’
page 245
Cassio says
Alliteration
Link to how Iago’s plan is in place
‘would she give you so much of her lips as of her tongue’
page 247
Iago says
Misogyny
‘Players in your housewifery; and housewives in your bed’
‘bed to work’
page 248
Iago says
Link to sexualising women, possessions, patriarchal society, there to please their husbands
‘O most lame and impotent’
page 251
Desdemona says
Link to the importance of the family line, reputation, masculinity
‘(aside) he takes her by the palm’
page 251
Iago says
Link to the audience being complicit, frustrating
‘O my fair warrior’
‘My dear Othello!’
252
Subverts steryotype
‘if I were to die now’ ‘even as our days grow old’
252
Othello, Desdemona says
Juxtaposition, the motif of time
Link to how their both at different stages in their lives, tragedy, impending doom
