Othello Power and Control

Question 1

‘My services… shall out-tongue his complaints’ O

Answer 1

Collective noun ‘services’
Possessive P ‘My’
O is confident in his power and uses it to win his arguments rather than violence- shows he is eloquent

Question 2

‘You shall command with your years than with your weapons’ O to B

Answer 2

DV command
MV shall
O wants to settle his conflict with B through knowledge and respect

Question 3

‘Valiant O, we must straight employ you’ Duke

Answer 3

Descriptive adjective Valiant
Modal verb Must
Adverb of manner straight
The Duke recognises Othello’s achievements and dedication to the country so appoints him as general

Question 4

‘Send for the Lady’ O about D

Answer 4

Imperative verb send
Proper noun Lady
O allows for D to have an opinion in the matter

Question 5

‘No Iago I’ll see before I doubt’ O

Answer 5

Interjection no
Temporal adverb before
O is adamant that D is faithful and demands to see proof before he loses his head

Question 6

‘He’s done my office’ I about O

Answer 6

Euphemistic
Origins for I’s reasoning to manipulate O
Feels his masculinity has been threatened

Question 7

‘Put money in thy purse’ I to Roderigo

Answer 7

Imperative verb put
metaphorical
Iago uses metaphors to manipulate R into believing his plan

Question 8

‘Your heart is burst, you have lost half your sole’ I to B

Answer 8

Hyperbolic
Declarative
Second Person pronoun ‘your’
DV ‘burst’
I makes B feel weak in order to get his attention

Question 9

‘Look to your wife, observe her well’ I to O

Answer 9

Imperative look
Adverb of degree well
Iago’s opinion of wives being controlled is evident here. He plants the idea into O’s head

Question 10

‘Strangle her in her bed, the bed she hath contaminated’

Answer 10

Common noun bed
DV contaminated
Hyperbolic
Bed reflects loyalty to one another, Iago reminds Othello D has destroyed this

Question 11

‘I charge you get you home’ I to E

Answer 11

Imperative
Second person pronoun
Iago is controlling and dislikes it when E voices her opinion
C- women legal possessions of men, owned by husbands, control

Question 12

‘Our great captains captain’ C about D

Answer 12

Pre modifier great
Proper noun captain
Cassio has immense respect for D, sees her as equal to O

Question 13

‘Jewel’ B about D

Answer 13

Vocative
Possessive noun
Materialises D, making it easier for her to be shared around by men
C- women legal possessions

Question 14

‘Our general’s wife is now the general’ I about D

Answer 14

Collective noun ‘our’
Temporal adverb now
I seems bothered about how much respect D receives

Question 15

‘Let me go with him’ D

Answer 15

Declarative ‘let’
DV ‘go’
D wants to be released from her father’s constraints, yet doesn’t realise that O is just as controlling

Question 16

‘Tell me Othello’ D

Answer 16

Declarative
Their relationship allows for D to stand up for O and understand why he’s upset, however he deflects this

Question 17

‘Good gentleman, let me have leave to speak’ E

Answer 17

Vocative gentleman
DV speak, let
E is clever in how she works her way into conversations
C- assertive women were seen as a threat to society- E reflects this

Question 18

‘Iago, I will never go home’ E

Answer 18

Declarative
Adverb of probability- never
E is able to fight the inequalities within her marriage and stands up for herself
C- assertive women were seen as a threat to society- E reflects this

Question 19

‘I think it is the husbands fault if their wives do fall’

Answer 19

Hyperbolic
E recognises that it isn’t usually the women’s fault within the marriage as the man controls it
C- assertive women were seen as a threat to society- E reflects this

Question 20

‘I will not charm my tongue, I am bound to speak’ E

Answer 20

Metaphor
E is able to fight the inequalities within her marriage and stands up for herself
C- assertive women were seen as a threat to society- E reflects this