OTHELLO Flashcards
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PLOT Summary
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- Iago is furious about being over looked for a promotion and thus decides to take revenge against Othello, the Moor of Venice and his general
- Iago convinces Othello that his wife Desdemona is unfaithful to him and this makes him jealous, blinding him and he ends up murdering his innocent wife and himself
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THEMES: the power of words
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false or missing information ( spoken word) leading to tragedy
- Iago is the master of words and manipulation
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THEMES: female virtue
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- a woman’s virtue is tied to her sexual status and faithfulness
- Othello kills his wife by smothering her - conserving her looks
in a sense this may showcase what Europe thought of women in this time - that they should be pretty and quiet
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THEMES: race
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Othello is an outsider because of his race - he is called a Moor
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THEME: the heroism trope ( trope means a common or overused theme or device) - something that gets used enough to get recognized
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which here in Othello is categorized as the tragic fall of a great hero (strong and a fighter) but naive and angry
- shown by how little convincing it takes to convince Othello
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Emilia
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Lagos wife
- killed by Iago - speaking out Lagos plot
