Act Four, Scene Three Flashcards
D: If I die before thee, prithee, shroud me in one of those same sheets
> senses her doom
fatalistic optimism
link marriage and death
D: She died singing it
> prophetic irony
mood of pathos
Willow song
> swan song
poetic moment in heroic character’s existence
willow symbolic of endurance of love
stillness and gentility contrast violence
allegory for D’s situation
dreamlike state
E: Tis neither here nor there
> not comforting
D: Women do abuse their husbands in such gross kind?
D: By this heavenly light
> intrinsically good
different moral compasses
romanticised perspective
E: It is a great price for a small vice
> humorous
optimism
D’s spiritual perspective vs E’s worldly
E: Peevish jealousies
E: Say they strike us
> exemplified by Iago and Othello
implication she has cheated on Iago
E: Their wives have sense like them
E: Palates [..] as husbands have
> feminist lens
consumption - men and woman have same desires
Willow song + female trope
> succumbing to society’s condemnation
environment for idolization
poetical
Emilia vs Desdemona
> seductress ‘Eve’ or mild and meek ‘Mary’
