themes in Othello

Question 1

violence
finish the quote showing Othello’s anger towards Desdemona
(act 3 scene 3)
“ill tear her….”

Answer 1

“ill tear her all to pieces”
his anger makes him loose control of his anger - he aggressively plots against Desdemona - metaphorical but also literal. violent imagery.

Question 2

violence
finish the quote showing Othello’s anger towards cassio
(scene 3 act 3)
“that Cassio is…”

Answer 2

“that Cassio is not alive”
Othello is starting to sound like a jacobean villain here.
truncated sentence.

Question 3

gender
how does Iago patronise woman in act 2 scene 2 - finish the quote
‘players in your house wifery…”

Answer 3

‘players in your house wifery, and house wives in your beds.”
Iago views woman as deceptive despite the negative conception of himself.
teasing woman to be lazy in their ‘duties.’
syntactically parallel.