Manhood and honour

Question 1

I know
Theme: Manhood and honor

Answer 1

I know my price I am worth no worse a place.”

Price is a metaphor for his value and the place is a metaphor for his status

Question 2

O, I have

Answer 2

have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.”

Oxymoron to show contrast between honourable and dishonoured

Question 3

I hate

Answer 3

I hate the Moor/ and it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets/He’s done my office”

Vulgar language + visual imagery, not true and its ironic because Othello thinks the same way about Cassio Iago thinks about Othello

Question 4

I will

Answer 4

I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me?

Rhetorical question, Othello is angry about Desdemona cheating and he is saying that because he cant believe it (egotism) and the verb chopping shows his savagery

Question 5

A hornèd

Answer 5

A hornèd man’s a monster and a beast.”

Horned man used to be a word to describe men being cheated on (Colloquial slang) Monster and beast as a metaphor because he is so jealousy he acts like one

Question 6

An honourable

Answer 6

An honourable murderer if you will, For naught I did in hate, but all in honour.”

Repetition of honor because hes honor killing her so she doesnt hurt more men