Critics and Context: Desdemona

Question 1

The ____ between Othello’s early opinion of Desdemona as a “_______” and his ______________ as the “______________” typifies how the “____________” __________ pollutes Othello and ultimately _________________.

This degredation in Othello is best seen through his shift in discourse from lyrical, iambic blank verse to broken, monosyllabic utterances.

Answer 1

• gulf
• “fair lady”
• latter declaration of her
• “cunning whore of Venice”
• “green-eyed monster” of jealously
• seals Desdemona’s dreadful fate.