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What are the 4 key quotes from Act 1 Scene 1

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Iago - “I am not what i am”
Iago “ Even now, now, very now an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”
Roderigo - “Lascivious Moor”
Iago “Though i do hate him as I do hell pains”

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What are the 3 Key quotes from Act 1 Scene 2

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Othello - “Let him do his spite… I love the gentle Desdemona”
Brabantio - “O thou foul theif, Where hast thou stowed my daughter”
Brabantio - “Thou hast practis’d on her with foul charms”

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What are the 7 key quotes of Act 1 Scene 3?

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Othello - “She Lov’d me for the dangers I had pass’d and I lov’d her that she did pity them”

Duke “Your son- in law is far more fair than black”

Desdemona - “I do perceive here a divided duty”

Brabantio - “She has deceiv’d her father and may thee”

Othello - “Honest Iago”

Iago “Put money in thy purse”

Iago - “The Moor is of free and open nature that thinks men honest”

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What are the 4 key quotes of Act 2 Scene 1

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Iago - “You rise to play and go to bed to work”
Iago - Aside “With as little a web as this will I ensare as great a fly as Cassio”
soliloquy-
Iago- “Make the moor, thank me, love me, reward me”
Iago- “I do suspect the lusty moor hath leaped into my seat”

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What are the 2 Key quotes for Act 2 Scene 3

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Cassio- “Reputation, reputation, reputation…I have lost the immortal part of myself”

Iago- “Our generals wife is now the general”

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What are the key plot points of Act 3 Scene 1

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-Iago tells Cassio that he will send for Emilia straightaway and figure out a way to take Othello aside so that Cassio and Desdemona can confer privately

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What are the key points of Act 3 Scene 2

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citadel. Othello gives Iago some letters to deliver and decides to take a look at the town’s fortification.

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What are the 6 key quotes of Act 3 Scene 3

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Othello- “I do love thee and when i love thee not, chaos is come again”

Emilia “I nothing but to please his fantasy”

Iago- “The moor already changes with my poison”

Othello- “Ill tear her all to pieces”

Stage direction “He kneels” -Othello & Iago

Iago “I am your own for ever”

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What are the 2 Key quotes from Act 3 Scene 4

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Othello - “There’s magic in the web of it”
Othello- “The handkerchief!’

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What are the 5 key quotes from Act 4 Scene 1

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Iago- “With her, on her, what you will”

Iago - “As he shall smile, Othello shall go mad”

Othello “I will chop her into messes”

Othello- “Devil” he strikes her

Lodovico- “My lord, this would not be believed in Venice”

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What are the 2 key quotes of Act 4 Scene 2

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Desdemona- “Your wife, my lord your true and loyal wife”

Othello- “I took you for that cunning whore of Venice”

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What are the 2 Key quotes of Act 4 Scene 3

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Desdemona - “If I do die before thee, prithee shroud me in one of those same sheets”

Desdemona - “she was in love, and he she lov’d prov’d mad “

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What are the 2 Key quotes from Act 5 Scene 1

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Roderigo - “O damned Iago! O inhuman dog”

Iago- “This is the fruits of whoring”

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What are the 3 key quotes of Act 5 Scene 2 (part 1)

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Othello “My wife! my wife! what wife? I have no wife”

Desdemona “A guiltless death I die”

Desdemona “Nobody I myself Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord”

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What is the key quote of Act 5 Scene 2 (part 2)

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Othello - “Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely, but too well. of one not easily jealous but being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme”

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What 2 key things happens in Act 1 Scene 2

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There is a threat to Venice from Cyprus
Brabantio demands othellos arrest for stealing his daughter

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What 3 key things happens in Act 1 Scene 1

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-Iago talks to Roderigo
-Iago assures him he hates Othello
-They persuade Brabantio into looking for Othello

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What 3 key things happens in Act 1 Scene 3

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-Brabantio accuses othello before the duke
-Duke gives othello leadership of the venetian force against cyprus
-Desdemona asks to go w him

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What 2 key things happens in Act 2 Scene 1

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-They all arrive in cyprus
-Othello hatches his plan when he sees Cassio w Desdemona

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What key thing happens in Act 2 Scene 2

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A celebration is announced for defeating Cyprus and Othello and Desdemona’s marriage

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What 3 key things happens in Act 2 Scene 3

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-Iago gets Cassio drunk and fights Roderigo
-Othello dismisses Cassio
-Iago tells Cassio to seek Desdemona’s assistance

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What key thing happens in Act 3 Scene 1

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  • Emilia helps Cassio get access to Desdemona
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What key thing happens in Act 3 Scene 2

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-Othello gives Iago letters to send to Venice

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What 2 key things happens in Act 3 Scene 3

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-Iago sows suspicions into Othello’s mind until he believes Desdemona is unfaithful
-The Handkerchief is dropped

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What 2 key things happens in Act 4 Scene 1

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-Iago continues to provoke Othello’s jealousy
-Othello strikes Desdemona

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What 3 key things happens in Act 4 Scene 2

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  • Othello interrogates Emilia
  • Desdemona Denys claims but he doesn’t believe her
    -Iago tells Roderigo the only way is to kill cassio
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What key thing happens in Act 4 Scene 3

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Desdemona prepares for bed with Emilia (Willow song)

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What 3 key things happens in Act 5 Scene 1

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-Roderigo tried to kill Cassio
-Iago kills Roderigo
-Bianca is arrested

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What 5 key things happens in Act 5 Scene 2

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-Othello kills Desdemona
-Emilia proclaims Desdemona’s innocence
-Iago kills Emilia
-Othello kills himself
-Iago is arrested

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in What order do the Acts go in?

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Act 1 Scene 1,2,3
Act 2 Scene 1,2,3
Act 3 Scene 1,2,3.4
Act 4 Scene 1,2,3
Act 5 Scene 1,2

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Describe Venice in setting in AO3

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  • England in the 16th & 17th century perceived Venice as having a reputation of diversity, wealth and political stability
  • At the time Shakespeare was writing, Venice was a great trading power which was seen as wealthy.
  • Venice was widely known in Europe for its sexual tolerance and Venetian women were often seen as promiscuous.
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Describe Cyprus in setting in AO3

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-Cyprus is a place of conflict where threat of the Turks invasion made it war-like, in tune with real threats Cyprus faced in the 16th century

the play is set in 1570, a few months before the Turks did invade (ironic)

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Describe Race for AO3

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despite diversity of Venice in the 16th & 17th century, racism is still an issue
-Othello immigrated but is still an outsider e.g. being referred to as a moor

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Describe religion for AO3

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England was entirely Christian in the 16th & 17th century

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What are the key motifs & symbols for AO2

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Animal imagery
The willow song
the handkerchief
sight and blindness
hell, monsters, demons

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