OTHELLO ACT 1 SCENE 3 Flashcards
1
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Relevance of Duke as a character
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- represents authority, judgement and power
2
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“Tis a pageant to keep us in false gaze.”
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- Irony- they’re talking about Turkish invasion in Cyprus but this could also foreshadow Iago’s treachery
3
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“Valiant Othello”
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- Contradicts Brabantio
- Valiant: Brave- he has respect from the whole society
- Re-establishes Othello’s status
4
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“Most potent, grave and reverend signiors.”
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- Triplet- respectful and winning them over with rhetoric- clever boy
5
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“Rude am I in my speech…”
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- This section is in iambic pentameter
- Irony- he is speaking incredibly well and respectfully- making people reflect on their internal bias
6
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What rhetorical question could be Othello (Shakesy) challenging prejudices?
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- “she, in spite of nature… To fall in love with what she fear’d to look on?”
- challenging their prejudice that white women should be “afraid.”
7
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What two quotes display equality in Othello and Desdemona’s marriage?
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- "”Send for the lady to the Sagittary.” and “How i did thrive in this fair lady’s love and she in mine.”
-“Send for the lady to the Sagittary.” : Giving his wife a voice in a society that often had women playing the role of serving the husband
8
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Personification used when Othello is telling the story of how Desdemona and him fell in love
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“She’d come again, and with a greedy ear.” : impressed and enamoured
9
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Where could there be signs of internalised racism with Othello’s monologue about the story of his life?
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“The cannibals that each other eat… men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.”
10
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Hyperbole and metaphor when talking about Desdemona loving O’s stories
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“She gave me for my pains
