A4S1 Key quotes Flashcards

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How does Iago provoke Othello at the beginning of this scene (4)

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  • we begin in medias res in the middle of a conversation between Iago and Othello
  • ‘naked in bed and not mean harm? It is hypocrisy against the devil’
  • brings up the handkerchief
  • ‘lie with her, on her, what you will’
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What is the effect of Othello’s epilepsy (2)

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  • Iago stands ominously over him (cruel)
  • ‘work on my medicine work’
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3
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How has Othello lost his sanity (2)

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  • ‘dost thou mock me?’
  • ‘the horned man’s a monster and a beast’
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4
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How does Iago present society (3)

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  • ‘bear your fortune like a man’
  • ‘there’s millions now alive’ (of cuckholded men)
  • ‘to suppose her chaste’ (said outrageously)
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How does Iago confide in the audience (2)

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  • ‘as he shall smile, Othello shall go mad’
  • ‘unbookish jealousy’
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What is Cassio’s attitude to Bianca (4)

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  • ‘poor caitiff’
  • ‘what? a customer’
  • ‘prithee bear some charity to my wit; do not think it so unwholesome’
  • ‘haunting of me’
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How is this scene portrayed and what is the significance of this

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As if it were a comedy - highlights Othello as ridiculous

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How does Othello emerge from his hiding space (3)

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  • ‘how shall I murder him Iago’
  • ‘nine years a killing’
  • ‘I will chop her into messes’
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How does Shakespeare create dramatic irony

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  • ‘she will sing the savageness out of a bear’
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How is Othello self pitying

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‘my heart is turned to stone’

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How is the private versus public sphere displayed (2)

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  • ‘Cassio shall have my place’
  • striking Desdemona in public
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12
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How is setting conveyed as important

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‘this would not be believed in Venice’

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13
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Desdemona as the tragic victim (2)

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  • ‘I have not deserved this’
  • ‘mistress’
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Othello’s downfall (2)

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  • ‘goats and monkeys’
  • ‘is this the noble Moor whom are full senate call all in all sufficient?’
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