hierachy

Question 1

iago: ‘sblood

Answer 1

first ever line from iago is slang; making himself more relatable and down to earth to contemporary audiences juxtaposing othellos romantic verses

creates a sense of rooting for iago due to a more relatable dialogue, making you feel either with or above him rather than othellos slightly pretenious lyrcisism

Question 2

jacobean society + heirachy

Answer 2

extremely rigid, many peoples whole life purposes were to move up it due to the immense increase in life quality as you moved up

Question 3

what does the military setting emphasise

Answer 3

the more ambigious/subtle class hierachy is made definitive and labelled within a military setting, makes the heirachy startingly obvious as well as everyones places in it (reflecting society but more emphasised and structured)

Question 4

iagos place in heirachy compared to most other characters

Answer 4

iago is not of noble birth or particularly high, despite being a self proclaimed talented soldier he is still relatively low ranking compared to othello and cassio, and he would likely never make it that high without his meddling

Question 5

cassio about desdemona

“our great captains captain”

Answer 5

reflects that desdemona and othello are both well matched in passion and boldness, and relfects the power of love to weaken othello for desdemona to ascend

but danger is suggested when othello is no longer in control of himself, with his passion and love instead taking control

Question 6

cassio to iago

“not before me; the lietenant is to be saved before the ancient”

Answer 6

the heirachal rank you have (heavily influenced by class, race, gender, etc.) determines your morality and worthiness, even in the eyes of god