desdemona n othello love/good Flashcards

1
Q

I love gentle Desdemona.i

A

soft lang juxta to image
juxta love with war
2 parts of life: battle + wife
aware of their diff

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2
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Did love Moor to live with him

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stand up to dad & court - l Strong & against patriarchy

question real love - distancing & use racial slur - see him like others?

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3
Q

Saw Othello’s visage in his mind

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othello lack of self confidence visage- face expressions
blackness of his face= deceptive
she see through him=truly know him inside
or she don’t know him /cant believe he would kill he
superficial - dont understand love or him

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4
Q

let her have your voice

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think differently to society at time - ask duke to give her chance to talk= equality

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5
Q

not shed her blood nor scar whiter skin than snow

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wont damageher beauty = symbol of her goodness

murder will maintainher purity, stop her from betraying others

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6
Q

deny thee nothing

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never say no te you /refuse

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7
Q

win my lord I lost him/ love him

never taint my love /

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D lose comfort if stop loving -

his meanness kills her but not her love

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8
Q

my parts/ my title /my perfect soul manifest me

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good qualities title as her husband

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9
Q

cruel yet merciful

not linger in pain

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not want her to die slow& painfully

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10
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crave for wife

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desire like food= predatory . .

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11
Q

wife honest
!name tresh as Dian’s visage/
black as mine face

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Diane goddess of moon
hard being black equates D a victim of slander
own insecurity of race - blemish of character & looks

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12
Q

wife honest
!name tresh as Dian’s visage/
black as mine face

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Diane goddess of moon
hard being black equates D a victim of slander
own insecurity of race - blemish of character & looks

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13
Q

desdemona’s honest

A

o

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14
Q

nobody- myself

commend me to my kind lord

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dying - nobody did kill her

it was suicide/ send love to husbannd

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15
Q

[kissing her] sweet fatal

heavenly strikes where love

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kills her

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16
Q

not shed blood whiter skin/ must die

betray more men

A

motivE?

17
Q

die now/ most happy/ soul/ content

A

happy to see desdemona die at happiest

18
Q

our loves & comforts should increase

A

desdemona

19
Q

must not displease him

A

des

20
Q

moth of peace/ rite

A

if left behind while O at war - deprived of seeing things she married him for
moth = attracted to light - go war = deprived of his honours, valiant in dark
rite = rights - priviledges & share life dangers
religious act/ ceremony

21
Q

my life upon her faith (othello)

A

bt his life on desd to never lie to her