A1S1 Key quotes Flashcards

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How is Cassio introduced (4)

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  • ‘a great arithmentician’
  • does not know ‘more than a spinster’
  • ‘a florentine’
  • ‘mere prattle without practice’
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What is the significance of Cassio’s introduction (3)

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  • reflectively, Iago is correct about his characterisation
  • reinforces the theme of outsiders
  • contrasts Iago’s later description of him as ‘a soldier fit to stand beside Caesar’
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How is Roderigo introduced to be inferior to Iago (3)

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  • ‘I would not follow him then’
  • his lines are significantly shorter than Iago’s and he is repeatedly cut off by Brabantio and Iago
  • Iago’s use of more commanding language when speaking to him ‘call him’, ‘rouse him’
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Quotes to show the beginning of Iago’s plan (2)

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  • ‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him’
  • I am not what I am’
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What is the significance of Iago’s plan revealing monologue (2)

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  • it clearly establishes to the audience which character Iago will be
  • begins to build a relationship with the audience
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How is Othello established to be an outsider (3)

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  • ‘thicklips’
  • ‘the devil’
  • ‘lascivious Moor’
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What is the significance of Iago calling Othello ‘the devil’ (1)

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It parallels Emilia calling him ‘the blacker devil’ in A5S2 showing that Othello has exceeded his reputation of being a Moor

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How does Iago use comedy to create a relationship with the audience (1)

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‘You are a senator’

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How does Iago display his intelligence in this scene (1)

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‘if I stay, I shall against the Moor’

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What is the significance of starting the play with Iago (1)

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This makes the audience more likely to be complicit with Iago as we see his intelligence and rationale

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How is Brabantio characterised as foolish (2)

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  • ‘the worser welcome’
  • ‘O would you have had her’
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