Act 1 Scene 3

Question 1

‘She is abused, stoln from me, and corrupted by spells’
Brabantio

Answer 1

-He accuses Othello of winning Desdemona with magic

Question 2

‘I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver of my whole course of love; what drugs, what charms, what conjuration and what mighty magic’
Othello

Answer 2

-using repetition Othello uses the only magic he actually has at his disposal; words.
-He does this to explain to the Duke how he wooed Desdemona

Question 3

‘She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d and I love her that she did pity them. This is the only witchcraft I have used’
Othello

Answer 3

-Further reading Collins their relationship

Question 4

‘My noble father I do perceive here a divided duty’
Desdemona

Answer 4

-Desdemona is making a point that she has transgressed, and she now exists in a permanent state of transgression.
-She had a

Question 5

‘If I left behind, a moth of peace and he go to the war, the rites for which I love him are bereft me’
Desdemona

Answer 5

-Desdemona yearns to attend the voyage to Cyprus, with Othello.
-She is further transgressing, as her role as a women.
-She is stepping into the public realm of politics instead of staying at home.

Question 6

‘Honest Iago, my Desdemona I must leave thee’
Othello

Answer 6

-Othello is trusting the wrong person

Question 7

‘I have’t. It is engender’d. Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the worlds light’
Iago