Act 4 Scene 1

Question 1

symbols

as ____ the ____ over the ____ house

Answer 1

• symbol of death, foreshadowing
• infected by poison of Iago’s words

as doth the raven over the infected house

Question 2

jealousy

pish! ____ , ears and ____, is it possible? ____? hankerchief?

Answer 2

• descending into chaos
• struggling to comprehend and express himself
• ruined by Othello’s manipulation

pish! noses, ears and lips, is it possible? confess? hankerchief?

Question 3

violence

I will ____ her into ____

Answer 3

• unecessary violence and gruesome
• not controlled meticulous killing, seems chaotic and cruel

Question 4

treatment of women

(he ____ her)

Answer 4

• change in othello
• physically violent
• women are victims

(he strikes her)

Question 5

treatment of women

____ can ____ and ____ and yet go ___

Answer 5

• saying she will do what she wants
• derrogatory and cruel
• repetition
• abusive, using power over her

she can turn and turn and yet go on