Desdemona Flashcards
1
Q
Moth
A
A moth of peace
2
Q
Cassio
A
Out great captain’s captain
3
Q
Father
A
She did decieve her father, marrying you
4
Q
Begrimed
A
Her name, that was as fresh/ As Dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black/ As mine own face.
5
Q
Desdemona’s hand
A
Hot, hot and moist.
Sweating devil.
6
Q
Willow song
A
Her salt tears fell from her and softened the stones
7
Q
Wedding bed
A
Thy bed, lust stained, shall with lust’s blood be spotted
8
Q
Iago begriming Desdemona’s name
A
‘So will I turn her virtue into pitch’
pitch - intense darkness (pitch black)
- dirtiness (pitch is sticky tar-like resin used to coat boats)
