Gender Flashcards
1
Q
“Thieves, thieves, thieves … daughter and your bags”
A
Presents desdemona as an object, almost irrelevant in list of stolen objects
2
Q
“Prove my love a whore”
“Lewd minx”
A
Patriarchy and continued idea of prostitution and sexual imagery
3
Q
Bianca
A
Ao5 - has an accent reflecting low class and is a prostitute
Name means white in Italian - ideas of purity juxtaposing her role as a prostitute
4
Q
“The old black ram is tipping your white ewe”
A
Her choice to be with Othello is seen as a violation
5
Q
“She did deceive her father, marrying you”
A
Iagos manipulation
Saying that Othello shouldn’t trust her
6
Q
“Who would not make her husband a cuckhold to make him a monarch”
A
Contrasts desdemonas naive idealism with pragmatic assertion
