Act One Flashcards
In the beginning of Act 1, what quote demonstrates that lago holds status and reputation with monetary value? Act 1,1
“I know my price”
What is a Florentine? “One Michael Cassio, a
Florentine” Act 1.1
a crafty devil
What quote from lago demonstrates Cassio’s inexperience as a lieutenant? Act 1.1
“never set a squadron in the field”
What is a knave? Act 1.1
a servant and someone of low standing
What quote contradicts lago is acting for the devil? Act 1.1
“Heaven is my judge”
What quote reflects how lago follows Othello in order to achieve his own goals? Act 1.1
“In following him, I follow but myself”
Fill in the gaps
“’ i am….what I am” Act 1.1
I am not what I am
What racist term does Rodrigo use to describe Othello in Act 1? Act 1.1
“thicklips”
_ his delight”-lago Act 1.1
poison his delight
“Plague him with ____ “-lago Act 1.1
Plague him with flies
What quote in Act 1 scene 1 reflects lago has godly powers and connections to the devil? Act 1.1
“plague him with flies”
What is the quote which is lago’s first mention of poison? Act 1.1
“poison his delight”
What does lago shout to Brabantio when he says to check his thing as she has been stolen? Act 1.1
“Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags”
How does lago manipulate Brabantios emotions by degrading
Othello’s character while making Desdemona appear of a superior nature? Act 1.1
“an old black ram is tupping your white ewe!”
What quote from Brabantio reflects how Roderigo is obsessed with
Desdemona? Act 1.1
“haunt about my doors”
How is it ironic that Brabantio exclaims “My house is not a grange”?
Act 1.1
as Desdemona’s entrapment compares to that of an animal, her inferiority as a girl retrains her to the ownership of her father, or husband.
____ horse”-lago Act 1.1
“barbary horse”
How does lago describe sex between Othello and Desdemona? Act 1.1
“making the beast with two backs”
“Tying her,____,______and _____”
Roderigo Act 1.1
Tying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes
What quote reveals the fact that the conversation between
Rodrigo lago and Brabantio occurs at night? Act 1.1
Brabantio cries “Light, I say, light!”
What quote from Brabantio reflects
Desdemona to be trapped? Act 1.1
“How got she out”?
“O _____ of the blood!”-Brabantio Act 1.1
O treason of the blood!
What is the quote where Brabantio warns fathers of their daughters? Act 1.1
“Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds”
“Fathers, ______ _______ ______ not your daughters’ minds” Act 1.1
Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds
Is there not ___By which the property of ____ and ____
may be abused? Act 1.1
Is there not charms By which the property of youth and maidhood may be abused?
What quote shows how Brabantio sees Desdemona as a prize to be won, offering lago and Roderigo money if they find her? Act 1.1
“I’II deserve your pains”
What quote does lago lie about not killing anyone deliberately and without reason? Act 1.2
“To do no contrived murder”
What quote does Othello reveal to the audience that he is of high standing in his services to the state in which he does not, therefore fear Brabantio’s complaints of his marriage to Desdemona? Act 1.2
“My service…/Shall out-tongue his complaints”
My Service…/Shall ___ - ____his complaints”
Act 1.2
out-tongue
What quote examines how Othello’s status is central to him? Act 1.2
“My parts, my title, and my perfect soul”
“My _____, my ____, and my _______ _____” - Othello
Act 1.2
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
“By Janus, I think so”-lago
What is Janus? Act 1.2
Janus is a Roman god with 2 faces at the front and back of the head
What does Brabantio say to Othello when he accuses him of stealing his daughter? Act 1.2
“Down with him, thief”
What does Brabantio claim Othello has done in order to win over his daughter?
“thou hast _____ her” Act 1.2
thou hast enchanted her
How does the senator greet Othello? Act 1.3
“valiant Moor”
“She is abused, ____ from me and corrupted/By spells and ____ Act 1.3
stolen
medicines
How does Shakespeare suggest through Othello’s speech that
Desdemona is now the property of Othello? Act 1.3
“I won his daughter”
How does Brabantio describe Desdemona when he tries to explain that Desdemona is not someone likely to go for Othello? Act 1.3
“A maiden never bold”
“A _____ never bold” Act 1.3
Maiden
What does Brabantio say that suggests Desdemona should be fearful of Othello? Act 1.3
“To fall in love with what she feared look on?”
What does Othello say to reflect how Desdemona was fascinated by his stories? Act 1.3
“with a greedy ear/Devour up my discourse”
What does Othello say Desdemona said which consolidates their love as being pure and innocent? Act 1.3
“she wished/That heaven had made her such a man”
“She loved me for the ____/And I loved her that she did ____ _____”
She loved me from the dangers I had passed/And I loved her that she did pity them”
What quote from Desdemona demonstrates she is going for the possession of one man to another? Act 1.3
“here a divided dutv”
The ____ my Lord Act 1.3
Moor
Why does Desdemona call Othello “the Moor my lord”? (2) Act 1.3
1) She purposely calls his Moor to suggest she knows who he is and that does not repulse her
2) She is a woman of high standing and wants to assert her power by undermining Othello’s
What does the Duke suggest when he says that Othello must wait to bask in his “new fortunes” as there is a “boisterous expedition”?
Act 1.3
that their marriage will not be a smooth entity, as military violence forebodes the violence in the denouement whereby their marriage becomes an excuse for Othello’s actions.
What does Desdemona mean when she says
My downright violence and scorn of fortunes/May trumpet to the”? Act 1
world
that she wanted to be with him by how violently she threw away her old life to be with him
“My ______ ______ and scorn of fortunes/May trumpet to the world”
downright violence
What is Brabantios warning? Act 1.3
“Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and may thee”
What does Roderigo say about death? Act 1.3
‘death is our physician”
How many times does lago tell Rodrigo to give him money in varied words
“put money in thy purse” Act 1.3
10 times
What is the significance of lago telling Roderigo 10 times to give him money? Act 1.3
lago alludes to the serpent in genesis with his hypnotic tone which seems to almost entrance Rodrigo
Who does lago reveal ‘I hate the Moor” to? Act
1.3
the audience during his sililoquy
“Hell and night/Must bring this ________ ______
to the world’s light” Act
monstrous birth
