cassio Flashcards
A1S1 description of Cassio by Iago
“a great arithmetician”
“a Florentine - almost damned in a fair wife”
“never set a squadron on the field”
A1S1 Iago’s jealousy of Cassio for being promoted over him
“mere prattle without practice”
“I know my price, i am worth no worse a place”
A2S1 Cassio’s courtly language and acts towards women
“divine Desdemona”
“the riches of the ship is come on shore!”
kisses Emilia stage directions
A2S3 Cassio’s language about desdemona
“she is a most exquisite lady.”
“a most fresh and delicate creature”
- foil of iago who is crude and bestial in his language of women and relationships
A2S3 Cassio easily manipulated into drinking
“very poor and unhappy brains for drinking”
“they have given me a rouse already”
A2S3 Othello strips cassio of the rank of lieutenant and reputation
“Cassio, I love thee, but nevermore be an officer of mine”
“O reputation, reputation, reputation! O, i have lost my reputation”
“and what remains is bestial”
A3S3 Cassio about Othello
“My General will forget my love and service”
A3S4 Cassio’s loyalty to Othello
“I may again exist and be a member of his love”
“with all the office of my heart, entirely honour”
A3S4 Cassio and Bianca
“my most fair Bianca”
“sweet love”
“Sweet Bianca”
“not that I love you not.”
A4S1 Cassio and Bianca
“I marry her! What! A customer!”
“this is some Minx’s token”
“I was a fine fool to take it”
A5S1 Iago’s jealousy of Cassio
“he hath a daily beauty in his life that makes me ugly” -foil characters
A5S1 cassio after he is stabbed
says to Iago “O, I am spoiled, undone by villains!”
A5S2 when he sees aftermath of othello
- addressing the rumour
- final words about othello
“thats he that was Othello”
othello no longer himself - loss of honour and respect from Cassio!
“dear general, I never gave cause”
“for he was great of heart
