Act 5 Scene 2 Flashcards
Act 5 Scene 2 Summary
Desdemona as she sleeps, Othello admires her beauty, kisses her, and is almost moved to let her live—But, finally resolving to kill her.
White objects symbolism
Desdemona’s innocence and purity
Light symbolism
Light often signifies truth and wisdom, and so extinguishing it emphasizes Othello’s unwillingness to see the reality of Desdemona’s innocence.
“I’ll not shed…
shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumental alabaster”
“I know not where…
is that Promethean heat”
“Some bloody…
passion shakes your very frame”
“May his pernicious
Rot half a grain a day”
“From this time…
forth i never will speak word”
“I have done the…
state some service”
“Of one that loved…
not wisely but too well”
Passive
accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance:
Retribution
punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act:
Automation
the use or introduction of automatic equipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility:
Self - aggrandising
promoting oneself as being powerful or important
Tormented by remorse
to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture
