Cassio Flashcards
In Act 2, Scene 3 what does Cassio tell Iago in regards to him drinking?
“I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking”
In Act 1, Scene 1, how does Iago describe Cassio’s soldiership?
“Mere prattle without practice”
In Act 1, Scene 2 how does Cassio respond to Iago’s remark that Othello “hath boarded a land carrack”?
“I do not understand”
In his soliloquy at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago plot to implicate Cassio in his manipulations?
“To abuse Othello’s ear that he is too familiar with his wife”
In Act 2, Scene 1 how does Cassio graciously greet Desdemona?
“The riches of the ship is come on shore! You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees”
In an aside in Act 2, Scene 1 how does Iago use string imagery to reveal that he will trap Cassio in his manipulations?
“With as little web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio”
In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Iago inform Roderigo Desdemona is with Cassio?
“Desdemona is directly in love with him”
In Act 2, Scene 1 how does Iago ironically describe Cassio to Roderigo? (2 Examples)
- “A slipper and subtle knave”
- “A finder of occasions”
In Act 2, Scene 1 how does Iago describe to Roderigo Cassio’s courteous kissing of Desdemona’s hand?
“Lechery, by this hand”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Cassio respond to Iago crude remarks regarding Desdemona being “full of game” and “sport for Jove”? (2 Examples)
- “She’s a most exquisite lady”
- “An inviting eye, and yet methinks right modest”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Cassio arguably rub his lieutenancy in Iago’s face?
“Ay, but (by your leave) not before me. The lieutenant must be saved before the ancient”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Iago mimic loyalty to Cassio when Othello asks who started the brawl?
“I had rather this tongue cut from my mouth than it should do offence to Michael Cassio”
In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Cassio exclaim upon being stripped of his lieutenancy?
“Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself and what remains is bestial”
In Act 2, Scene 3 what does Iago hope Cassio will be full of after drinking?
“Full of quarrel and offence”
In Act 4, Scene 1 what animals does Cassio liken Bianca to? (2 Examples)
- “The monkey”
- “A fitchew”
