2:3 Flashcards
‘happiness to their sheets’
page 261
Iago says
Crude, visual imagery
‘dare not task my weakness anymore’
261
Cassio says
Link to the downfall of Cassio, hamartia, Iago’s plan
‘Swounds, I bleed still!’
page 267
Montano says
Represents authority in Cyprus, the importance of his role
‘Honest Iago’
page 268
Othello says
Dramatic irony, questioning of other character’s role
‘twinned with me both at a birth shall lose me’- 270
‘I love thee’- 272
Othello says
Link to the relationship between Cassio+Othello, emotive situation, difficult position, trust
‘reputation!’
‘drunk and speak parrot and squabble?’
‘devil’
273, 274
Cassio says
Repetition
Biblical allusion
Displacing the blame, blaming God, responsibility
‘you advise me well’
‘honest Iago’
page 276
Cassio says
Dramatic irony
Characters are blindsided by Iago’s cunning nature
‘And out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all’
277
Iago
Metaphor for trapping them
Using Desdemona’s good intentions to get back at the others, visual imagery
‘my money is almost spent’
277
Roderigo
Understanding