Act 5, Scene 1 Flashcards
Setting ?
Night. In a street
Iago jealous of cassio
“If cassio do remain he hath a daily beauty in his life that makes me ugly”
Jealous/ motive
Cassio injured by iago
[iago from behind strikes at cassios legs, and hurries off]
Ironic
“O brave iago, honest and just”
Iago kills roderigo
[he stabs roderigo]
Roderigo last words to iago
“O damned iago! O inhuman dog!”
Why is this scene signicsnt ?
Iago attractive villain
He is able to improvise and think on his feet
Why is it significant it’s outside of biancas lodgings ?
Iago blames her for injuring cassio
What is this scene reminiscent of ?
Fight between roderigo and cassio in act3, scene2
- dark creates confusion.
- iago adopts role of confused bystander that othello did in 2,3. He asks lots of questions.
What is significant about roderigo killing cassio?
He has “no great devotion to the deed”
But iago has gave him “satisfying reasons.
How has othello under iagos rule ?
He says “thou teachest me” when iago tells him he killed cassio
How are iagos plans starting to become risky?
He says to roderigo that the attack on cassio will “make us, or it mars us”
He fails to kill cassio - who is later able to explain possession of handkerchief.
Roderigo physically sees what iago is like. Bianca questions his honesty
How does this scene link to 2,3
Darkness creates confusion
Iago adopts role of confused bystander like othello did.
He asks questions “who’s there?”
How othello has changed here?
Fight scene in 2,3 he stepped in to create order now he watches the chaos
Lost nobility
Des bed blood
“Lusts blood be spotted”
Echoes iagos works to kill her in the “bed she hath contoamined”
