Roderigo

Question 1

Quote which signifies Naivety

Answer 1

‘Who hast my purse if the strings were thine’

Question 2

‘Who hast my purse if the strings were thine’ Why does this show naivety?

Answer 2

Signifies just how incompetent Roderigo is as he has allowed Iago complete control of his life.

Question 3

Quote which signifies Love

Answer 3

‘I will incontinently drown myself’

Question 4

‘I will incontinently drown myself’ Why does this show love?

Answer 4

He is so in love with Desdemona he threatens to drown himself after the news of her marriage.

Question 5

Quote which signifies Loyalty

Answer 5

‘No devotion to the deed’ of killing Cassio

Question 6

‘No devotion to the deed’ of killing Cassio Why does this show loyalty?

Answer 6

agrees as Iago’s manipulation has complied him to believe he has to be loyal.

Question 7

What did Honigman say?

Answer 7

‘Roderigo’s self destructive desire for Desdemona mirrors Othello’s’

Question 8

What did Jamieson say?

Answer 8

‘Rodrigo is easily led by the evil Iago’