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Decks in this class (19)

Summaries
Act 1 scene 1,
Act 1 scene 2,
Act 1 scene 3
11  cards
Characters
Othello,
Iago,
Desdemona
12  cards
Aspects of tragedy
Tragic hero,
Hamartia,
Peripeteia
15  cards
Historical context (racism)
The great chain of being,
Xenophobia,
Post colonial literary theory
8  cards
Historical context (gender)
Subservient,
Domestic sphere,
Stereotypes of women in the renai...
5  cards
Act 1 Scene 1
Summary,
Symbolism of venice,
What does animal imagery symbolise
12  cards
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 scene 2 summary,
What does disease symbolise,
What does the misogynistic langua...
12  cards
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 1 scene 3 summary,
Symbolism of the council chamber,
What does othello and desdemona s...
16  cards
Act 2 Scene 1
Act 2 scene 1 summary,
Symbolism of the storm in othello,
Symbolism of cyprus
15  cards
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 2 scene 2,
Our noble
2  cards
Act 2 Scene 3
Act 2 scene 3 summary,
Symbolism of the drunken brawl,
Symbolism of the shift between th...
17  cards
Act 3 Scene 3
Act 3 scene 3 summary,
Handkerchief symbolism,
Whatever you be
13  cards
Act 3 Scene 4
Act 3 scene 4 summary,
Monstrous imagery symbolism,
My noble moor
10  cards
Act 4 Scene 1
Act 4 scene 1 summary,
Symbolism of the epileptic fit,
Symbolism of othello striking des...
10  cards
Act 4 Scene 2
Symbolism of water,
Act 4 scene 2 summary,
I durst my lord
11  cards
Act 4 Scene 3
Act 4 scene 3 summary,
Symbolism of wedding sheets,
The worlds a huge
6  cards
Act 5 Scene 1
Act 5 scene 2,
Symbolism of darkness,
Hath a daily
5  cards
Act 5 Scene 2
Act 5 scene 2 summary,
White objects symbolism,
Light symbolism
18  cards
Big Ideas A
0  cards

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