Sex

Question 1

Accompanied by Roderigo, Iago wakes up Brabantio and destroys his peace. His ultimate motive is to ruin Othello’s reputation because he promoted Cassio instead of him. Roderigo agrees to split the couple up because he is in love with Desdemona. Onomatopoeia, colour imagery, possessive pronoun, zoomorphism, repetition.

Answer 1

'’Even now, now, very now, an old black ram/ Is tupping at your white ewe.’’

Question 2

Othello is described as a ‘‘Barbary horse’’ whilst Desdemona remains in human form. This repulses Brabantio as he is forced to imagine his young daughter engaging in sexual intercourse with a horse (bestiality) and furthermore producing deformed children. Desdemona and Othello are deemed an ‘unnatural match’ . Possessive pronoun ‘‘your’’ = his nephews will also be affected by his daughter’ s ‘wrongful’ actions. Iago paces responsibility on Brabantio to stop the affair.

Answer 2

'’You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you’ll have your nephews neigh to you…’’

Question 3

Sibilance, adds to the racist aspect of the play

Answer 3

'’The gross clasps of the lascivious Moor’’