act 4 Flashcards
1
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Othello tragic victim- suffering
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infected house…he had my handkerchief’
‘A horned man’s a monster and a beast’
‘My heart is turned to stone.’
‘O Iago the pity of it’
2
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Othello tragic fall
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‘Lie with her? Lie on her?’ ‘To confess and be hanged for his labour’ ‘Pish! Noses, ears, and lips’ ‘O devil!’ (Falls in a trance) ‘ let her rot and perish, and be damned tonight, for she shall not live’ ‘Hang her’ (Strikes her) ‘I will chop her into messes’ ‘Get me some poision’
3
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Iagos manipulations
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‘Your case is better’
‘Strangle her in her bed’
He tells Rodrigo to ‘knocking out his Brains (Cassio)’
4
Q
Tragic villain- iago
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‘I am a very villain else’
5
Q
Treatment of women
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‘Caitiff’ ‘Poor rogue’ ‘Fitchew’ ‘Foolish woman your wife’ ‘Impudent strumpet’
6
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Tragic victim- Desdemona
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‘Obedient lady’ ‘Upon my knees’ ‘Your wife my lord; your true and loyal wife’ ‘ I cannot weep’ ‘ lay on my bed my wedding sheets’ ‘ I am a child to chiding’ ‘sing it like poor Barbary' 'willow, willow, willow' 'that there be women do abuse their husbands in such gross kind?' 'I do not think there is any such woman'
7
Q
Emilia defending Desdemona and being worldly wise
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‘Lay down my soul at stake’
‘If any wretch have put this in your head let heaven require it’
‘ the moors abused by some villainous knave’
‘their wives have sense like them’
8
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Othello treatment of Desdemona
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‘Cunning whore of Venice’
Raises his voice ‘you mistress’
