Cassio Flashcards
Cassio prays for Othello’s safety
‘O, let the heavens give him defence against the elements’
alliterative polite term for Desdemona
‘The divine Desdemona’
Cassio’s breeding
‘Tis my breeding that gives me this bold show of courtesy’
Cassio criticises Iago’s way of speaking
‘you may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar’
Cassio blindly trusts Iago’s ‘direction’
‘Iago hath direction what to do’
perfection
‘She is indeed perfection’
Cassio admits that he does not react well to alcohol
‘I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking’
Cassio speaks about religion and being saved
‘there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved’
triad
‘reputation, reputation, reputation!’
Cassio loses all respect and self-respect and feels dehumanised by his actions
‘I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial’
Cassio speaks harshly to Bianca, unhappy at her allegations
‘Throw your vile guesses in the devil’s teeth, from whence you have them.’’
Alas poor….
‘Alas, poor caitiff!’
Cassio speaks degradingly about Bianca
‘I marry her! what? a customer!’
Cassio mocks Bianca
‘So hangs, and lolls, and weeps upon me’
Cassio infantilises Bianca and speaks to her in a patronising tone
‘my sweet Bianca! how now! how now!’
