Act 4 Flashcards
“Confess! _________! _ ______!”-Othello Act 4.1
handkerchief
O devil
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
“cannot refrain/
From the excess of laughter”-Iago Act 4.1
-Who is this about
Cassio and how he feels towards Bianca
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
“___ __ ___and perish”-Othello to Iago about Desdemona Act 4.1
let her rot
“I will ____ ___ ___ messes! ______ me!”-Othello Act 4.1
chop her into
Cuckold
What does Impudent mean?
“impudent strumpet”-Othello to Desdemona Act 4.2
shameless
ironic, as she is
How does Desdemona excuse Othello’s anger towards her? Act 4.2
“I am a child to chiding”
“Who would ___ ____ ___ husband a _______ to make him a ______?”-Emilia to Desdemona
not make her
cuckold
monarch
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?
