4:2 Flashcards
‘to wager she is honest, lay down my soul at stake’
Page 342
Emilia says
Link to honour/reputation
‘simple bawd’
page 342
Othello says
Link to misogyny, dehumanising, rude reaction, dismissive of Emilia
Desdemona kneeling
343
Structural mirroring
Understands her position in society, respectful
‘Why do you weep? Am I the motive of these tears?’
344
Desdemona says
Male showing emotion, subverting stereotype, poetic response
‘The fixed figure for the scorn of time, to point his slow and moving finger at!’
345
Othello says
Metaphor for contempt
Discontent with life
‘quicken with blowing’
346
Othello says
Juxtaposes life and death
‘Impudent strumpet’
‘what, not a whore’
347
Othello says
Shameful, sexual promiscuity
Repeated imagery
obsession, only insults, Desdemona’s only weakness/flaw, women can’t be trusted sexually
‘whore of Venice’
348
Othello says
Repetition
Mirroring Iago’s language, misogyny
‘and keep the gates of hell you, you!’
348
Othello says to Emilia
Religious imagery
taking his anger out on her, shifts the blame onto both women, alluding to the idea of Eve
‘lay on my bed my wedding sheets’
349
Desdemona says
Link to the positive memory, acceptance that death is inevitable, shrouded in sentimental things
‘my lord have bewhored her’
349
Emilia says
Link to the plan working, power of Iago, betrayal of Desdemona
