Act 1 Scene 1 - quotes

Question 1

Iago = status of Cassio (jealousy)

Answer 1

'’a Florentine’’

Question 2

Iago = complains about Cassio

Answer 2

'’mere prattle without practice’’

Question 3

Iago = ‘‘masters’’

Answer 3

'’We cannot all be masters, nor cannot all masters be truly followed’’

Question 4

Iago = subversive nature of his character

Answer 4

'’I am not what I am’’

Question 5

Iago calls out to Brabantio - women - property

Answer 5

'’Thieves, thieves! Look to your house, your daughter and your bags’’

Question 6

Iago antagonises Brabantio x2

Answer 6

'’you’re robb’d’’
‘‘are your doors lock’d’’

Question 7

Iago = women property soul

Answer 7

'’you have lost half your soul’’

Question 8

Iago = racism - animal

Answer 8

'’old black ram is tupping your white ewe’’

Question 9

Iago racism - antagonism - horse

Answer 9

'’Barbary horse’’

Question 10

Iago = racism - hellish imagery (devil)

Answer 10

'’making the beast with two backs’’

Question 11

Iago = in reference to Othello

Answer 11

'’Moor’’

Question 12

Roderigo + Iago shared lines?

Answer 12

• shared lines are used to express a sense of harmony and unity between characters. Both Iago and Roderigo - have a mutual dislike and disdain for Othello seen in the shared lines of their dialogue.

Question 13

Roderigo = racist lips

Answer 13

'’thick lips’’

Question 14

Roderigo = appeasing Brabantio - recognising status

Answer 14

'’Most reverend Signor’’
‘‘Most grave Brabantio’’

Question 15

Roderigo = Desdemona

Answer 15

'’fair daughter’’

Question 16

Roderigo = racist - Othello - sexual

Answer 16

'’gross clasps of a lascivious Moor’’

Question 17

Roderigo = flattering of Desdemona

Answer 17

'’duty, beauty, wit and fortune’’

Question 18

Brabantio = possession over his daughter x 3

Answer 18

'’my daughter is not for thee’’
‘‘O unhappy girl…who would be a father’’
‘‘trust not your daughter’s minds’’

Question 19

Brabantio = thankful for Roderigo

Answer 19

'’good Roderigo, Ill deserve your pains’’