key quotes act 5

Question 1

act five

Answer 1

Othello’s monologue as he dies, reflects on his actions, his self-image and how he would like to be remembered (the Senecan technique of self-dramatisation)

Question 2

“____ you; a word or ___ before you go.” - Othello

Answer 2

“Soft you; a word or two before you go.”

Question 3

“Like the base ______, threw a _____ away Richer than all his _____.” - Othello

Answer 3

“Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe.”

Question 4

“Of one that loved not ______ but too ____; Of one not easily _______, but, being wrought, perplex’d in the extreme.” - Othello

Answer 4

“Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex’d in the extreme.”

Question 5

“And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a _________ and a turban’d Turk beat a Venetian and traduces the state, I took by the _____ the circumcised dog And smote him, thus.” - Othello

Answer 5

“And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban’d Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him, thus.”