Bianca

Question 1

Quote which signifies Naivety

Answer 1

‘Eight hours more than the dial score eight times’

Question 2

‘Eight hours more than the dial score eight times’ Why does this show Naivety?

Answer 2

Metaphor implies how slow time has passed since she hasn’t been with him.
Shows an obsessive love which isn’t reciprocated.
Naïve to think he could love a prostitute, a view which would have been held among Elizabethan audience too.

Question 3

Quote which signifies Love

Answer 3

‘O Cassio, Cassio, Cassio’

Question 4

‘O Cassio, Cassio, Cassio’ Why does this show Bianca loves Cassio?

Answer 4

Bianca shows deep concern for Cassio after finding out he has been stabbed conveying she has love for him.

Question 5

Quote which signifies Jealousy

Answer 5

‘This is some token from a newer friend’

Question 6

‘This is some token from a newer friend’ Why does this show Bianca is jealous?

Answer 6

Acknowledges the fact he is gifting an item to someone else and is unhappy with that fact.
Bianca provides contrast for the jealousy Othello feels. Demonstrating woman as humane and subject to jealousy.

Question 7

What did Novy say?

Answer 7

‘Bianca calls into question the value of chastity that male society so values’.