Women

Question 1

‘You are pictures out of doors, bells in your parlours, wild cats in your kitchens’
What act and what scene?

Answer 1

Act 2 scene 1

Question 2

‘You are pictures out of doors, bells in your parlours, wild cats in your kitchens, players in your housewifery and housewives in beds ’
Analysis

Answer 2

This quote suggest women present themselves in a way which makes them seem innocent and kind however they are capable of anything and untrustworthy.
Housewives in beds- hints at infidelity

Question 3

‘That we call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites’
Analysis

Answer 3

Juxtaposition of delicate and creatures reveals the conflicted misogynistic images of idealised and realistic femininity throughout the play.

Question 4

‘That we call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites’
What act and what scene?

Answer 4

Act 3 scene 3

Question 5

‘By which the property of youth and maidhood may be abused’
Analysis

Answer 5

Brabantio reveals sexist attitudes towards women as he sees his virgin daughter as an item of property.

Question 6

‘By which the property of youth and maidhood may be abused’
What act and what scene?

Answer 6

Act 1 scene 1

Question 7

‘A maiden never bold;
Of spirit so still and quiet’
Analysis

Answer 7

Describes Desdemona as conforming to a perfect venetian women.* add

Question 8

‘A maiden never bold;
Of spirit so still and quiet’
What act and what scene?

Answer 8

Act 1 scene 3

Question 9

‘In Venice they do let God see the pranks’
Analysis

Answer 9

Contextual ties in with beliefs that women were loose.
Iago says this to cast doubt into othello.

Question 10

‘In Venice they do let God see the pranks’
What act and what scene?

Answer 10

Act 3 scene 2