Roderigo Flashcards
1
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racial prejudice
A
‘What a full fortune does the thick lips owe’
2
Q
Othello as sexually salacious
A
‘To the gross clasps of a lascivious moor’
3
Q
Roderigo’s description of Desdemona
A
‘duty, beauty, wit and fortunes
4
Q
Roderigo’s dramatic reaction to the marriage of Othello and Desdemona
A
‘I will incontinently drown myself’
5
Q
Roderigo is feeling hopeless
A
‘it is silliness to live, when to live is torment’
6
Q
Roderigo stands up for himself
A
‘I will indeed no longer endure it’
7
Q
Roderigo recognises his naivety
A
‘I have foolishly suffered’
8
Q
Roderigo realises it was all a waste of time
A
‘I have wasted myself out of
my means’
9
Q
Roderigo curses Iago
A
‘O damn’d Iago! O inhuman dog!’
