Cassio

Question 1

‘she’s [Desdemona] a most…

Answer 1

fresh and delicate creature’

• likens her to a flower symbolising purity and virginity
• ‘creature’ implies desdemona is a preyed on animal that needs protecting
• reinforces gender roles

Question 2

‘she [Desdemona] is indeed…

Answer 2

perfection’

-hyperbole

Question 3

‘Reputation,…

Answer 3

reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!’

• repetition and exclamation of ‘O’ show deterioration of language
• Cassio appears obsessed as if this is all he is worth