Act 2 Scene 1

Question 1

What happens in Act 2 Scene 1?

Answer 1

The significant change from Venice to Cyprus - symbolizes the shift to chaos
The Turks are killed by a storm therefore leaving the characters there without a purpose allowing Iago to take control.
Iago starts to create his plan to make Othello jealous

Question 2

Cassio - “a maid that ….

Answer 2

paragons description”
About Desdemona, setting up for a fall
Shows respect

Question 3

Iago - “With as little a web as this I…

Answer 3

will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio”

Spelling out his plan to the audience

Question 4

Othello - “If after every Tempest come such qualms //…..

Answer 4

May the winds blow till they have awakened the dead”

Othello’s poetic language is in contrast to Iago’s earlier comment “Would they were clyster pipes for your sake!”

Question 5

Iago - “O, you are well tuned now; // But I’ll …..

Answer 5

set down the pegs that make this music”

Metaphor implies that Othello is now a well tuned instrument that everyone loves but will soon become broken.

Question 6

Iago - “The Moor howbeit that I endure him not // Is of a

Answer 6

constant and loving, noble nature”

Suggests Iago is jealous of Othello

Question 7

Iago - “Now I do love her too; // ……

Answer 7

Not out of absolute lust”

About Desdemona

Question 8

Iago “And nothing can or shall content my soul // ….

Answer 8

Till I am evened out with him, wife for wife”
Suggests Othello has slept with Emilia but Shakespeare doesn’t make this clear
Going to make Othello jealous