Act 4 Flashcards
“Confess! _________! _ ______!”-Othello Act 4.1
handkerchief
O devil
“Work on,/
My ________, work!”-Iago Act 4.1
medicine
What is the effect of
“Work on,/
My medicine, work!”-Iago Act 4.1?
It gives the effect of a verbal chant, as if he were casting a spell or summoning evil
“My lord ___ ______ ___ __ ______“-Iago to Cassio 4.1
has fallen into an epilepsy
“cannot refrain/
From the excess of laughter”-Iago Act 4.1
-Who is this about
Cassio and how he feels towards Bianca
“How ____ _ _____ ___, Iago?”-Othello Act 4.1
shall I murder him
What is the importance of Othello asking
“How shall I murder him, Iago?” Act 4.1
Iago is now his master, he asks him what to do and is now under his control
-although in practise Othello has the power, in terms of societal order Iago has all the power as a white man
“I would have him ___ _____ _-______“-Othello to Iago Act 4.1
nine years a-killing
“___ __ ___and perish”-Othello to Iago about Desdemona Act 4.1
let her rot
“my _____ is turned to stone”-Othello Act 4.1
heart
“not a sweeter creature”- Othello, how does this reflect Othello’s battle between good and evil? Act 4.1
he has previously called her “sweet Desdemon”, this contrasts with creature which relates her to that of a demonic figure reflective of how Othello doesn’t know whether to follow love or jealousy
“Iago-O____“-Othello Act 4.1
Iago
What is
“Iago-O Iago”-Othello
a direct parallel to?
“My reputation, Iago”-Cassio Act 2.3
What is iniquity?
“If you are so fond of her iniquity”-Iago to Othello Act 4.1
immoral or grossly behaviour
“I will ____ ___ ___ messes! ______ me!”-Othello Act 4.1
chop her into
Cuckold
what is the significance of Iago commanding Othello
“Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed”
Iago is even able to control how Othello murders Desdemona.
This makes Othello’s murder appear more of Iago’s doing
What makes Othello’s suspicions of Desdemona and Cassio even more strong from what she says to him in Act 4.1?
“for the love I bear to Cassio”
What does Emilia call jealousy in Chapter 4.2?
the “serpents curse”
“Your wife, __ _____, your ____ and ____ wife”-Desdemona to Othello Chapter 4.2
my lord
true
loyal
When Othello is talking about his jealousy, what does he say it is?
“a ______ for foul ____” Act 4.2
cistern
toads
“O thou _____”- Othello to Desdemona Act 4.2
weed
“O ____ public _______!”-Othello to Desdemona Act 4.2
thou
commoner
What does Impudent mean?
“impudent strumpet”-Othello to Desdemona Act 4.2
shameless
ironic, as she is
“I am a _______.”-Desdemona to Othello Act 4.2
Christian
How does Desdemona excuse Othello’s anger towards her? Act 4.2
“I am a child to chiding”
What is the significance of Emilia describing the unknown person who has told Othello of Desdemona’s affair? Act 4.2
“______ villain”
“insinuating ____”
“______ slave, to get some ____”
- eternal
- rogue
- cozening - office
Emilia’s accurate descriptions relate to her husband, suggesting she is aware of his plot
Why is it significant that Desdemona directly proves her innocence to Iago Act 4.2?
“I __ ___ ___, and ever ___/ And ever ___”
do not yet
did
will
significant as this makes Iago appear more monstrous
her eternal love is communicated
“His __________ may _____ my life/
But never _____ my love”-Desdemona to Iago Act 4.2
unkindness -defeat
-taint
What is a votarist?
Roderigo suggests that the money he had given Iago to seduce Desdemona would have…. Act 4.2
“corrupted a votarist”
someone bound by vows to a religious life
How is the fact that Desdemona’s mothers maid named Barbary significant to the structure of the play? Act 4.3
Othello has previously been named a “Barbary horse” and therefore foreshadows his similar fate as Desdemona’s lover who also falls mad, and highlights the classical element of inevitability and the tragic idea of fate
“Who would ___ ____ ___ husband a _______ to make him a ______?”-Emilia to Desdemona
not make her
cuckold
monarch
“it is their husbands’ faults/
__ _____ __ ___”- Act 4.3
if wives do fall
What is the purpose of Shakespeare allowing Emilia to say
“___ _______ ____,
Their wives have _____ like them”-Emilia to Desdemona Act 4.3
Let husbands know
sense
Shakespeare allows women to have a voice against the patriarchy and the gender roles, leaving a moral question at the end of the novel to question if Desdemona’s death would have still been “an honorable murder” had she had an affair. Is this right?
