oth Flashcards
romantic love (4)
my life upon her faith- not possession, lifeline
i a heavy intrim shall support- psysio psycho weakness
light- i am the light of the world
keep up thy bright swords- hold up thy sword
love and sex (4)
the purchase made the profits yet to come- BM
i have a pain upon my forehead- cucholdry
o’s weapon rests upon a soldiers thigh
love is merely a lust of the blood- degrading like ram tupping
marriage (3)
foul theif- as if d is unlawfully stolen item
marital obedience kills d “get you to bed”
marital obedience destroys e mentally- “villainy”x6
social conventions (6)
casual oppertunist racism “thick lips” “black ram” to infuriate brabantio wouldnt have been used if interracial marriage was accepted at the time
the blacker devil vs angel- physical + metaphorical darkness vs d’s purity
d=white ewe as if sacraficial lamb=surrendering posession to deity e.g. othello
iago= devil “i am not what i am” vs “i am what i am”-exodus. Marian Cox “Iago is satanic in his energy.”
Every woman in the play goes against social conventions: emilia tells truth at end, D goes against father, bianca is in love despite being prostitute- Bayley “emelia is the mouthpeice of repressed femininity” S.N. Garner “Going against society for othello is some measure of her love”
women were supposed to be ornamental, almost statue-like property that didn’t move or deviate, Samuel coleridge supports this in stating they were supposed to be “characterless characters”. When O touches Ds hand and its “hot, hot and moist” this defies the conveted statue-like woman and links to her previous defiance with “let me go with him” to a senate full of men.
jealousy and guilt (4)
o “not easily jealous”
causes loss of rhythmic cadence, broken speech =broken mind. iambic pent to “handkerchief! confessions! handkerchief!”
hell and night must bring= arise black vengeance
from i love the gentle d to my relief must be to loathe
What was Cyprus associated with and why? how does this link to o and d’d love?
associated with love as the goddess of love was born there in Greek literature.
the fact this is a war-zone mirrors the conflict in O adn D’s love
and tragically ironic for a great soldier to die of love from events in a war zone
what were Venetian women thought to be?
promiscuous
Dramatists often explore evil through the presentation of WHAT?
Give an example from another Shakespeare play.
sexual corruption
in hamlet, Claudius poisons his brother and marries his widow, Gertrude
