Cassio Flashcards
Act 2 Scene 1 Cassio
The divine Desdemona - Perceives her as ethereal and beautiful in contrast to Iago’s crude sexual statements
Act 2 Scene 3 Cassio
CASSIO: An inviting eye; and yet methinks right modest. - refuses to make sexual comments on Desdemona - what Iago was trying to make him do
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! - after he has been stripped of lieutenant position due to brawl orchestrated by Roderigo and Iago
Act 3 Scene 1 Cassio
Give me advantage of some brief discourse
With Desdemona alone - says in good spirits that a meeting alone with Desdemona may resolve the situation but it is later used to accuse him of an affair
Act 3 Scene 4
That by your virtuous means I may again exist - pleads to Desdemona that she tries to get him reinstated
Act 4 Scene 1
I marry her? What! A customer? - ashamed to be related to Bianca in any way as she is a courtesan - same misogynistic undertones as the rest of the male characters
Act 5 Scene 2
Dear general, I never gave you cause - questioning why his loyalty is being reviewed
And he himself confess’d but even now that there he dropp’d it for a special purpose which wrought to his desire - promises Othello that he did not receive the handkerchief but it was rather planted