Othello Flashcards
1
Q
‘I think my wife be…
A
honest, and I think she is not, I think that thou [Iago] art just, and think thou art not’
- turning point in the play
- juxtaposition shows Othello’s conflict
- dramatic irony as audience know who to trust
2
Q
‘A man he[Iago] is of..
A
of honesty and trust’
- dramatic irony
- shows Othello’s noble nature
3
Q
‘O, my…
A
fair warrior’ [to Desdemona]
- oxymoron contrasts femininity and masculinity
- Othello shows a feminist perspective uncommon of the time
- ‘O’ shows exclamation of love
4
Q
‘I will deny…
A
thee [Desdemona] nothing’
- unconditional love
- hyperbole
5
Q
‘My wife, my wife!…
A
What wife? I have no wife’
- repetition shows Othello’s speech and mental deterioration
- rhetorical question
6
Q
‘I’ll tear…
A
her all to pieces’
-animalistic imagery shoes Othello’s deterioration
7
Q
‘My heart…
A
is turned to stone’
-metaphor for how Othello has lost all love for Desdemona
8
Q
‘honourable…
A
murderer’ [about himself]
- oxymoron
- Othello believes Desdemona’s sin is worse than the sin of killing her
9
Q
‘Send for the lady..
A
to the Sagittary, and let her speak of me before her father’
- presents his marriage as equal
- feminist perspective
- break of iambic pentameter as this is unusual to ask
- marxist othello allows this as Desdemona is of higher status
10
Q
‘Heaven truly knows…
A
that thou [Desdemona] art false as hell’
- simile
- hyperbole likening Desdemona to ‘hell’
- contextual link to the importance of religion at the time
- break in iambic pentameter shows deterioration of speech or break in relationship
- dramatic irony as Iago is really ‘false’
11
Q
‘I will chop…
A
her into messes! Cuckold me!’
- brutal, destructive imagery
- break of iambic pentameter
- othello is concerned about his pride
