Bianca Flashcards
Bianca cannot bear to be separated from Cassio
‘What, keep a week away? seven days and nights?’
Bianca questions Cassio’s love for her
‘But that you do not love me.’
Bianca reacts to Cassio being hurt
‘O my dear Cassio! my sweet Cassio!’
Bianca stands up for herself against Emilia’s insults
‘I am no strumpet; but of life as honest
As you that thus abuse me.’
degrading term used by Iago to describe Bianca
‘trash’
Bianca hints that Cassio is seeing someone else
This is some token from a newer friend
Bianca echoes Cassio’s devil language
‘let the devil and his dam haunt you’
Bianca claims that the handkerchief belongs to another woman
‘This is some minx’s token’
Bianca defends herself against Emilia
‘I am no strumpet; but of life as honest As you that thus abuse me.’
Emilia speaks degradingly towards Bianca
‘fie upon thee strumpet’
Iago dehumanises Bianca
‘It is a creature that dotes upon Cassio’
How Iago describes Cassio’s attitude towards Bianca
‘He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain from the excess of laughter’
Cassio says Bianca is delusional for hoping for marriage
‘She is persuaded I will marry her out of her own love and flattery’
Bianca is not as naive as Cassio portrays her- she knows her worth
‘I was a fine fool to take it’
Cassio claims he must console Bianca to prevent her from causing a scene
‘She’ll rail in the streets else’
