A5 Flashcards
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“Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men.”
AO1 - Death / Justice / Femininity / Reputation
AO2 - Modal verb of “must” used suggests the necessity for the female voice to be silenced to the extent of death, in honour of preserve masculinity and honour
AO3 - Venice sexual liberation
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“Put out the light, and then put out the light”
AO1 - Death / Iago x Othello
AO2 - Light used as a euphemism for death, Othello the destroyer of lives similar to Iago
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“my great revenge / Had stomach for them all.”
AO1 - Jealousy / Justice
AO2 - Motif of consumption/appetite; jealousy is compared to a monster throughout the play; Othello associates this comparison to himself in Act 5 (finale), suggesting a complete degradation of character as he has officially become the monster
AO3 - Gluttony SDS
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“let me live tonight!”
“But half an hour!”
AO1 - Death / Femininity
AO2 - Desdemona is reduced and diminished; stage direction of Othello standing over Desdemona suggests his dominance over her, heightening the tension for the catastrophe
- Anagnorisis comes after Desdemona’s death, indicating the need for the female voice to be silenced
AO3 - Aristotle theory of tragedy
AO5 - Social restoration can only be achieved through silencing the female voice (Tennenhouse)
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“Perchance, Iago, I will ne’er go home.”
AO1 - Death / Femininity / Emilia x Desdemona
AO2 - Ominous tone of punishment
AO3 - Betrays her duty as a wife to Iago, emphasising the magnitude of Emilia and Desdemona’s friendship
AO5 - Iago’s undoing is his inability to comprehend Emilia’s love for Desdemona
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“Montano disarms him; Iago stabs Emilia”
AO1 - Death / Femininity / Marriage
AO2 - Stage direction shows Emilia’s vulnerability and how unprotected women are
