Act one scene one

Question 1

I am worth no worse a place
who said this and what is the analysis

Question 2

But he as loving his own pride and purposes
who said this +analysis?

Answer 2

-Iago
-use of the impersonal pronoun he =won’t say his name (superiority)
-“pride and purposes” alliteration persuasion trying to manipulate the audience
-shows he thinks Othello is self-centred arrogant, ironic as the Iago is himself

Question 3

Mere prattle without practice/is all his (Cassio) soldiership
who said it +analysis

Answer 3

-Iago
-alliteration of “prattle without practice” no experience all talk no action
-uses “his” again =superiority
-“soldiership” role as a soldier is all words

Question 4

Now sir be judge yourself /whether i in any just term am offend/ to love the moor

Answer 4

-Iago to Rodrigo
“sir” changes in pronouns more formal when addressing Roderigo
-“judge yourself”

Question 5

I follow him to serve my turn upon him

Question 6

Others there are/who trimmed in forms of visage of duty/keep yet their hearts attending on themselves

Question 7

I am not what i am

Question 8

poison his delight

Question 9

An old black ram is tupping your white ewe/the devil will make a grandsire of you

Question 10

“o treason of the blood fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds by what you seem them act”

Question 11

why is it important that the play starts in the middle of the night during an argument

Answer 11

• chaos
  -starts it aromatically to quiet the noisy audience
  highlights the chaos of the rest of the play
  -Iago is first character as he tries to manipulate the audience from the start

Question 12

What are the key points that happen in this theme

Answer 12

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