Act 1 Scene 2 - quotes

Question 1

Iago - subverts Othello - manipulating him in order to make him feel threatened.

Answer 1

'’nay but he prated’’

Question 2

Othello = naive / hubristic - confident in his own ability

Answer 2

'’my parts my titles and my perfect soul’’

Question 3

Othello = calm, collected and truthful, direct and logical

Answer 3

'’I love the gentle Desdemona’’

Question 4

Othello = only familiar with war and battle

Answer 4

'’I fetch my life and being from men of Royal siege’’

Question 5

Othello = logic and wise - subverting Brabantio’s lack of sensical thinking

Answer 5

'’you shall more command with your years than with your weapons’’

Question 6

Othello = used to racist attacks from others

Answer 6

'’let him do his spite’’

Question 7

Brabantio = Desdemona reduced to property

Answer 7

'’O thou foul thief’’

Question 8

Brabantio = accuses Othello of using magic

Answer 8

'’thou hast enchanted her’’

Question 9

Brabantio = magic - restriction

Answer 9

'’chains of magic’’

Question 10

Brabantio = flattery of Desdemona (tainted?)

Answer 10

'’a maid so tender fair and happy’’

Question 11

Brabantio = Desdemona ignoring people such as Roderigo

Answer 11

'’she shunned the wealthy curled darlings of our nation’’

Question 12

Brabantio = racist attack

Answer 12

'’sooty bosom’’

Question 13

Brabantio = Othello has ‘tainted’ Desdemona

Answer 13

'’abus’d her delicate youth’’

Question 14

Brabantio = hysterical - enraged and seeks ‘justice’

Answer 14

'’mines not an idle cause’’