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Othello Act 1 > Quotations: Act 1 Scene 1 > Flashcards

Quotations: Act 1 Scene 1 Flashcards

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Quotation: ‘But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve…’

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‘for daws to peck at: I am not what I am’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at: I am not what I am’ - Iago

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Religious theme, in the Bible God says ‘I am what I am’. Elevates him as string puller/puppeteer

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Quotation: ‘But he, as loving…’

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‘his own pride and purposes’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘But he, as loving his own pride and purposes’ - Iago

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Doesn’t say Othello’s name - dramatic device

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Quotation: ‘I follow him…’

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‘to serve my turn upon him’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him’ - Iago

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Already has plans of betrayal and revenge

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Quotation: ‘Thou art…’

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‘a villain’ - Brabantio

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Explanation: ‘Thou art a villain’ - Brabantio

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First time this is made explicit to the audience, making Iago a questionable character

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Quotation: ‘Heaven…’

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‘is my judge’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘Heaven is my judge’ - Iago

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Religious theme, irony

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Quotation: ‘Trying her duty…’

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‘beauty, wit and fortunes’ - Roderigo

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Explanation: ‘Trying her duty, beauty, wit and fortunes’ - Roderigo

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Rhyme is persuasive and sophisticated

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Quotation: ‘Horribly stuffed with…’

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‘epithets of war’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘Horribly stuffed with epithets of war’ - Iago

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Contrast between his description of Othello and what Othello later seems

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Quotation: ‘Lascivious…’

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‘Moor’ - Roderigo

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Explanation: ‘Lascivious Moor’ - Roderigo

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Othello cannot control himself - he is not a rational being

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Quotation: ‘An old black ram is…’

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‘tupping your white ewe’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘An old black ram is tupping your white ewe’ - Iago

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Animalistic, crude imagery, innocence being corrupted - great chain of being

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Quotation: ‘Barbary…’

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‘Horse’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘Barbary horse’ - Iago

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To be tamed and made lame, diminishes relationship

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Quotation: ‘O treason…’

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‘Of the blood’ - Brabantio

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Explanation: ‘O treason of the blood’ - Brabantio

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Betrayal of family

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Quotation: ‘We cannot all be masters…’

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‘Nor all masters cannot be truly followed’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed’ - Iago

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Inclusive - is he accepting he has no power or diminishing Othello’s?

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Quotation: ‘The thick…’

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‘Lips’ - Iago

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Explanation: ‘The thick lips’ - Iago

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Physically an outsider - link to inevitability?

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