| Arithmetician (archaic definition) | A mathematician |
| Bombast (archaic definition) | High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people |
| Coursers (archaic definition) | Horses |
| Deluding | Misleading, deceiving |
| Epithites (archaic definition) | Lazy, worthless vagrants (beggars/homeless) |
| Evades | Avoids |
| Fadom | A unit of length |
| Forsooth (archaic definition) | In truth, certainly |
| Gennets | Spanish horses |
| Homage | Allegiance |
| Kindred (archaic definition) | Relatives |
| Lascivious | Sexual, lewd |
| Nonsuits (archaic definition) | Rejects, refuses |
| Profess | To admit |
| Provender (archaic definition) | Feed for domestic animals |
| Purse (archaic definition) | Money |
| Treason | An act of disloyalty |
| Trifle | To toy, to tease |
| Tupping (archaic definition) | Having sex with someone |
| Carrack (archaic definition) | A merchant ship |
| Circumscription | Restriction, restraint |
| Forbear | To hold back, to restrain oneself |
| Galleys | Ships |
| Inquity | An injustice |
| Palpable | Evident |
| Prated (archaic definition) | Chattered, babbled |
| Provulgate (archaic definition) | To promulgate, to make public |
| Scurvy (archaic definition) | Insulting |
| Sequent | One after another |
| Unbonneted (archaic definition) | Bare-headed |
| Accompt (archaic definition) | An account, a reporting |
| Antres | Caves |
| Assay (archaic definition) | An effort |
| Composition (archaic definition) | Consistency |
| Dilates | To expand |
| Engluts | Engulfs |
| Facile | Simplistic |
| Injointed (archaic definition) | Intersected |
| Mountebanks (archaic definition) | Charlatans, quacks |
| Overt | Explicit, clear |
| Pageant | A show |
| Pliant (archaic definition) | Suitable, favorable |
| Portance (archaic definition) | Behavior, personal bearing |
| Reverend | Honored |
| Unvarnish’d | Plain, unembellished |
| Vouch | To declare |
| How does Iago feel about Othello? | He feels that Othello is an outsider, that he is a bad guy who is self centered and shouldn’t be respected by people |
| Why is Iago described as two faced? | Iago talks bad about Othello and tries to plot against him meanwhile he pretends to respect him, be on his side, and be one of his followers. |
| Why is Iago mad at Othello? | Othello gave another man the promotion he wanted just because the guy is book smart |
| Who’s house does Iago and Roderigo go to? | Brabantio |
| Why does Iago and Roderigo go there? | To tell Brabantio that his daughter Desdemona has run off with Othello |
| Why does Iago have Roderigo talk to Brabantio? | If Iago talks to Brabantio that means Othello would find out that he basically led him to them and went against him and betrayed his trust |
| How does Brabantio first react when he is woken up? | He thinks that they are mocking him or just fooling around |
| What finally makes Brabantio get out of his house? | He discovers Desdemona is not anywhere to be found in the house |
| Othello described before he is seen in the story vs. after he’s in the story | Othello is described as a bad, low tempered man in the beginning. Then when he is questioned and talked to by anyone he shows great respect and tries to keep peace between people. |
| What was the Duke of Venice’s response when he heard Brabantio and Othello’s stories? | He thought that Brabantio shouldn’t be mad because Othello was not a bad guy and he could be trusted to care for her. |
| How does Brabantio feel towards Desdemona now? | Brabantio wishes he never had a daughter and despises her |
| How did Desdemona and Othello fall in love? | Brabantio used to be good friends with Othello so he often invited him over to hear his war stories and Desdemona would often listen in and when Othello noticed this and how she was mesmerized by the stories and felt sympathy for him he would go out with her and asked her to marry him |
| Describe what Roderigo said to Iago at the end of the act. What was Iago’s response? | Roderigo confessed to Iago he will kill himself because he loves Desdemona and he doesn’t wanna go to the war with Othello when Desdemona is joining them. Iago mocks him and said don’t kill your self over a girl that’s stupid. Instead make lots of money and win her over. |
| After Roderigo leaves, what is Iago plotting in his soliloquy? | Iago plans to take all the money Roderigo makes, and convince Othello and Roderigo that Desdemona had an affair with the gentleman Cassio |
Othello Act 1
August 2, 2019