OTHELLO Flashcards
‘the green eyed monster’
Jealousy, appearance vs reality
Othello’s jealousy impedes him from distinguishing appearance from reality
‘I have lost…
…‘the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial’
‘I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial’
Cassio’s implication that reputation is the only thing that makes one human
Theme of manhood and honour
‘A horned mans…
‘…a monster and a beast’
‘She deceived her father…’
‘… and will deceive thee’
‘My ____, my____ and my ______ ____ will _______ __ rightly’
‘My parts, my title and my perfect soul will manifest me rightly’
‘Tis a monster, begot upon itself, born on itself’
Emilia argues that events do not cause jealousy, jealousy causes events
‘I’ll ____ ____ __________ in his ___’
‘I’ll pour this pestilence in his ear’
‘I am not what I am’
Twists the words of the Bible to deceive
‘Corrupted by ______ and _________’
‘Corrupted by spells and medicines’
‘An ___ ____ ___ is ______ your _____ ___’
‘An old black ram is tupping your white ewe’
‘By _____’
‘By Janus’
A two faced God
‘My ____ upon ___ _____’
‘My life upon her faith’
Irony is painful here
‘Divine Desdemona’
Often associated with pure and heavenly imagery
‘With as ______ _ ___ __ ____ I will _______ __ _____ _ ___ __ ______’
‘With as great a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio’
‘Thy ______ and ____ ____ _____ this ______’
‘Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter’
‘Your ____my ____; your ____ and _____ ____’
‘Your wife, my Lord; your true and loyal wife’
‘Dost thou __ _________ think- tell me, ______- that _____ __ _____ __ _____ _____ _______ in such _ _____ ____?’
‘Dost thou in conscience think- tell me, Emilia- that there be women do abuse their husbands in such gross kind?’
‘Let husbands know, their wives have ____ like them; they ___ and _____, and have their _______ both for _____ and ____ as husbands have’
‘Let husbands know, their wives have sense like them; they see and smell, and have their palates for both sweet and sour as husbands have’
‘Put out the _____, and then put out the _____’
A5S2 ‘Put out the light, and then put out the light’
‘She’s like a ____ gone to _______ ____’
A5S2 ‘She’s like a liar gone to burning hell’
‘For thou hast ______ the ________ ________’
A5S2 ‘For thou hast killed the sweetest innocent’
‘I ____ the villain’
‘I play the villain’
‘but my noble Moor is ____ of mind and made of no such ________ as _______ _________ are’
‘but my noble Moor is true of mind and made of no such baseness as jealous creatures are’