quotes 1 Flashcards
when do emilia and desdemonda have the all the world convo
act 4 scene 3
wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world
why would not you
why would not you
stycomith no, by this heavenly light
then rather responding with stycmyth to D’s stycomyth emilia, relaxed jokes
Nor I neither, by this heavenly light:
I might do’t as well i’th’dark
wouldst you do such a deed for all the world?
the world’s a huge things: it is a great price
for a small vice
Price
does emilia do it for objects and vapid things
no for POWER she
“not for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition”
who would not make her husband a cuckold to make
him a monarch
othello act 5 scene 2 des rose
when i have plucked the rose I cannot give it vital growth again, it needs must wither
act 5 scene 2 down
strumpet
pushes her down onto bed blends violecne and sex
emilia act 3 stomachs
they are all but stomachs and we all but food: they eat us hungerly, and when they are full They belch us.
emilia act 5 we have some grace
though we have some grace / yet we have some revenge
anaphora!!
let husbands know
emilia act 5
Let husbands know
Their wives have sense like them: they see, and smell,
And have their palates both for sweet and sour
as husbands have
iago to cassio abt des
violence against women
methinks it sounds a parley to provocation
and when she speaks is it not an alarum to love
cassio reputation
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation, I gave lost the immortal part of myself - and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!
meaning of parley and alarum
parley - trumpet call to an opponent
alarum - calls to arms; sudden attack
iago to brabantion act 1 when warnin ghim
look to your house, your daughter and your bags!
othello to desdemona purchase monetary language of love
act 2
“The purchase made, the fruits are to ensue; / the profit’s yet to come ‘tween me and you”
act 1 scene 3 hate the moor
I hate the Moor, and it is though abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets He’s done my office
iago brabantio ewe
an old black ram / is tupping your white ewe
different lines highlights contrast
iago literally warns othello of jealousy in act 3 scene 4
“Oh, beware my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on”
emilia points out the stupidiity of jealoousy in act 3 she spill tha tea
They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they’re jealous. It is a monster begot itself, born on itself.”
Othello says “She was as false as water” act 5 scene 2
Othello says “She was as false as water” act 5 scene 2 to which Emilia responds, “Thou art rash as fire to say That she was false. O, she was heavenly true!” contrast of fire and water
Iago beginning of play establishes that even in Scene 1 Act 1, “Heaven is my
Iago beginning of play establishes that even in Scene 1 Act 1, “Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, / But seeming so for my particular end.”
We know this from start yet audience wavers due to comedic aspect of Iago, such as demonstrated in the 2018 Shakespeare’s Globe performance in which Mark Ryland elicited laughter from the audience.
who directed?
claire van kampen
hav u ? tongiht
“Have you prayed tonight, Desdemon?”
Desdemona to Emilia “Be as your fancies teach you; /
Desdemona to Emilia “Be as your fancies teach you; / Whate’er you be, I am obedient.”
When Desdemona is reassuring Cassio she is authoritative and confident, this is of great contrast to her other dialogue. She uses the imperative telling Cassio
“Do not doubt” her instructing a man to obey her and also rely on her to solve a problem and assures him “I will do all my abilities in thy behalf”
