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What does it mean by Florentine?

“A Florentine more kind and honest”-Cassio

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This is the home of the Machiavelli

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Why is it ironic that Cassio says to Iago and says

“A Florentine more kind and honest”-Cassio?

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As Florentine is the home of the Machiavelli not known for kindness and honesty

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What does Emilia say to Cassio about how Desdemona has been advocating him? Act3.1

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“she speaks stoutly for you”

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“she speaks _______ for you”-Emilia to Cassio Act3.1

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stoutly

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What does Emilia say about how Othello has spoken about Cassio in Act 3.1?

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“he protests he loves you”

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“He _______ he loves you”-Emilia to Cassio about Othello Act3.1

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protests

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What does Desdemona call Iago Act3.3?

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“an honest fellow”

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“an honest ______“-Desdemona Act 3.3

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fellow

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What does Cassio call himself to Desdemona?Act3.3

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her “true servant”

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“My general will forget my _____ and ______“-Cassio to Desdemona Act3.3

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love and service

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“His ____ shall seem a _______“-Desdemona to Cassio Act3.3

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bed

school

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How does the quote
“his bed shall seem a school”-Desdemona to Cassio
foreshadow her downfall? Act 3.3

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as she can’t understand her place as a wife

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What is the significance of Emilia calling Iago

“my lord”? Act 3.3

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This discredits the term from its spiritual purity to a symbol of patriarchy

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“sweet _______“-Othello to Desdemona Act 3.3

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Desdemon

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How does Othello greet Desdemona in Act 3.3?

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“sweet Desdemon”

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“What would you ____ __ that I should ____”? Dezzy

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ask me

deny

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What is significant about

“What would you ask me that I should deny”-Desdemona

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Desdemona doesn’t understand that she is inferior in the marriage as a wife

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What contradicts the fact that Othello says

“I will deny thee nothing” in Act3.3?

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In Act 5 he will deny her her voice

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While Desdemona is listening the things she does for Othello
“feed on __________ dishes, or keep you ______”

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nourishing

warm

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“I am _________” -Desdemona 3.3

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obedient

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What does Othello jokingly call Desdemona in 3.3?”

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Excellent wretch”

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“________ wretch”-Othello about Desdemona Act 3.3

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excellent

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“when I love _____ ____/chaos is _____ again” Act 3.3

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thee not

come

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What is the significance that Othello questions Cassio’s honesty?
“Is he not honest?”- to Iago Act 3.3

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at the beginning of the Act he protests his love yet by the end already questions his loyalty

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"as if there was some _______ in thy thought/ | Too ________ to be shown" Act 3.3 Othello
monster | hideous
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"My lord, ____ _____ I love you"-Iago Act 3.3
you know
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"I know ____'__ full of ___ and ______"-Othello to Iago Act 3.3
thou'rt love honesty
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"_____'__ thy words before ____ ___'__ give them breath"-Othello to Iago Act 3.3
weigh'st | thou giv'st
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What is the significance in the punctuation when Iago talks about Cassio? "I think,that he is honest"
This creates a verbal pause to communicate his doubt in Cassio's true intentions
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"I am not ______ to that all _____ are free to"-Iago to Othello Act3.3
bound | slaves
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What is the significance of Iago saying | "I am not bound to that all slaves are free to"? Act 3.3
He makes Othello hungry for his thoughts making it Othello's fault and not his for the accusations
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What does Iago say about reputation in Act 3.3 to Othello?
it "is the immediate jewel of their soul"
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"it is the ________ jewel of their soul" - Iago to Othello Act 3.3
immediate
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"it is the ____-____ monster with ____ ____ the meat it feeds on"-Iago to Othello Act 3.3
green eyed | doth mock
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"souls of all my _____"-Iago Act 3.3
tribe
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"For she had ____ and ____ me"-Othello to Iago
eyes | chose
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What does | "For she had eyes and chose me" suggest about Othello? Act 3.3
That he is insecure on his appearance which could stem from the fact that it was his war stories rather than appearance that won Desdemona over
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"She did _______ her father"-Iago Act 3.3
deceive
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What is "She did deceive her father" a direct parallel to ?
to Brabantio's warning in Act 1 | "Look to her ,Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:She has deceived her father and may thee"
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After Iago's thoughts are revealed to Othello what does Othello insist ? Act 3.3
"Desdemona's honest"
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"_________ to her better judgement"- Iago to Othello about Desdemona Act 3.3
recoiling
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what does "haggard" mean? | "If I do prove her haggard"-Othello Act 3.3
untamed and wild
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"we can call these _______ creatures our/And not their ________"-Othello Act 3.3
delicate | appetites
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"My ________ husband hath a hundred time/_______ me to steal it"-Emilia to herself Act 3.3
wayward | Wooed
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"Heaven knows, ___ _"-Emilia Act 3.3
not I
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"She'll run ___"-Emilia to Iago Act 3.3
mad
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What is the significance of Emilia remarking | "She'll run mad" in regards to the handkerchief?
She is aware of it power and value to their relationship yet goes always with it anyways
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"The Moor ______ _____ with my ______"-Iago in an aside Act 3.3
already changes | poison
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"Burn like the _____ of ______"-Iago in an aside Act 3.3
mines | sulphur
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What colour is sulphur?
greeny sickly colour which could correlate to jealousy
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"Farewell the _______ mind"-Othello to himself
tranquil
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"Her name, that was as fresh/As ____'s _____ is now ________ and black/As mine own ____"-Othello Act 3.3
Dian's visage | begrimed
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"Give me a ______ reason she's disloyal"-Othello to Iago Act 3.3
living
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What does Othello say about Desdemona after Iago' lies about Cassio's dream Act 3.3
"I'll tear her all to pieces!"
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"I'll tear ___ ___ __ ______"
her all to pieces
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"Spotted with ____________"-Iago about the handkerchief Act 3.3
strawberries
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"Arise, _____ ________, from the ______ hell"Othello Act 3.3
black vengeance | hollow
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"For '___ of _____' tongues!"-Othello Act 3.3 to Iago
tis | aspics'
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What are aspics? | "For 'tis of aspics' tongues!"-Othello?
they are poisonous snakes
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"O _____, _____, ______"-Othello Act 3.3
blood, blood, blood
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Othello describes himself alike the | "______ sea" Act 3.3
Pontic
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What is the "Pontic sea" Act 3.3?
this is the black sea
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What does Othello call Desdemona at the end of Act 3.3? (2)
"lewd minx" | "fair devil"
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What is a "lewd minx"
a worthless flirtacious woman
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What does Desdemona say about the loss of her handkerchief and its importance when speaking to Emilia? Act 3.4
that it could put Othello "to ill-thinking"
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What did Othello say about the handkerchief in Act 3.4?
"there's magic in the web of it"
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"there's _____ in the ___ of it"- Othello Act 3.4
magic | web
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"They are ___ ___ ______, and we are all but ____,/ They ___ __ _______, and when they are full/ They _____ us"-Emilia to Desdemona about men Act 3.4
all but stomaches food eat us hungrily belch
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What is the quote where Cassio begs Desdemona? Act 3.4
"I do beseech you"
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"My lord __ ___ __ ____,nor should I know him"-Desdemona Act 3.4
is not my lord
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What is significant about Desdemona saying | "My lord is not my lord, nor should I know him"? Act 3.4
As Desdemona recognises Othello's hamartia and her fate yet as a wife and a woman cannot do anything about it
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When is the first time Desdemona asserts her innocence? Act 3.4
"I never gave him cause"
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"It is a monster/ | _____ ___ _____, born on itself"-Act 3.4 Emilia
Begot upon itself
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"lie with her? ___ __ ___?__ ___ lie on her.../ | Handkerchief! ________! Handkerchief!" -Othello Act 3.4
lie on her We say confessions
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After Othello cries "Lie with her? lie on her? We say lie on her...? Handkerchief! Confessions ! Handkerchief!" Othello Act 3.4
"Confess! handkerchief! O devil!"
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"Work on,/ | My ________, work!"-Iago Act 4.1
medicine

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