Othello Act-2

Question 1

2.1

Answer 1

Storm destroys turkish fleet
Des Iago Emilia and cassio arrive in cyprus
I teases and berates E
I hints D loves C

Question 2

2.2

Answer 2

Free drinks for all in celebration of victory and marrige

Question 3

2.3

Answer 3

Iago gets cassio drunk
Cassio starts a fight O fires him
I suggests D is cassios way to redemption
I outlines his plan

Question 4

Storm-symbol

Answer 4

Increasing chaos magnitude of natural forces

Forshadows Ds murder

Question 5

Cyprus

Answer 5

Warlike isle symbolises the chaos and societies precarious balance
The fall of the sensibility sanity and the “morals” of characters
Aphrodites birthplace who was accused of infidelity

Question 6

The sea

Answer 6

Symbolises the vastness of Othellos love for Des yet all humans are at the mercy of the sea

Question 7

Drunken brawl

Answer 7

Shift from political order to social chaos following the natural worlds shift from calm to storm

Question 8

Shift from blank verse to prose

Answer 8

Signals increasing disorder, Iago speaks in prose associated with his malevolence and later Othello starts to speak this way