| soliloquy | an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud to oneself |
| aside | a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
| Moor | member of the muslim people of Arab decent, Black skinned |
| What is the setting | Venice, and Cyprus |
| tragedy | Literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrows, usually death |
| Ethos | speaker uses this to establish credibility |
| Pathos | appeals to emotions |
| Logos | appeal to logic and reason |
| What were the gender stereotypes in England | * women were expected to obey their father, and husband* weren’t aloud to always speak their mind |
| What were the racial stereotypes in England | * blacks were outcasted * asked to leave England |
| What did Desdemona say was the reason she fell in love with Othello? | his life story |
| Iago | third in command |
| Desdemona | Othello’s wife, Brabantio’s daughter |
| Othello | General of the venetian army, Desdemona’s husband |
| Emilia | Iago’s wife |
| Cassio | Othello’s Lieutenant |
| Roderigo | Man in love with Desdemona, pays Iago loads of money to help him win over Desdemona, venetian gentleman |
| Bianca | Cassio’s lover, prostatute |
| Lodovico | Desdemona’s cousin, apart of Venice’s diplomatic service, guy who see’s othello smack Desdemona |
| Brabantio | Desdemona’s father, venetian senator |
| The Duke | The Duke of Venice |
| What does Desdemona’s hanker chief symbolize | Othello’s love for Desdemona |
| What does the tempest symbolize? | justice |
| What does the willow song symbolize? | Desdemona’s fear of Othello, her acceptance that Othello will kill her, A lady who has lost her love for a husband that has gone mad |
| “For when my outward action doth demonstrate / The native act and figure of my heart / In compliment extern, ’tis not long after / But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at. I am not what I am” (I.i.63-67) | Iago |
| “Another of his fathom they have none / To lead their business. In which regard, / Though I do hate him as I do Hell-pains, Yet for necessity of present life / I must show out a flag and sign of love, / Which is indeed but sign…” (I.i.155-7) | Iago |
| “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, / And I loved her that she did pity them. / This only is the witchcraft I have used” (I.iii.168-170). | Othello |
| “If virtue no delighted beauty lack, / Your son-in-law is far more fair than black” (I.iii.290-291). | The Duke |
| “Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see; / She has deceived her father, and may thee” (I.iii.293-294). | Brabantio |
| “The Moor is of a free and open nature / That think men honest that but seem to be so, / And will as tenderly be led by the’ nose / As asses are” (I.iii.390-393). | Iago |
| “With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio” (II.i.175-6) | Iago |
| “If after every tempest come such calms, / May the winds blow till they have wakened death” (II.i.188-9). | Othello |
| “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have / Lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of / Myself, and what remains is bestial” (II.iii.250-3) | Cassio |
| “Touch me not so near. / I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth / Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio” (II.iii.207-9). | Iago |
| “So will I turn her virtue into pitch / And out of her own goodness make the net / That shall enmesh them all” (II.iii.340-2) | Iago |
| “Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul / But I do love thee! And when I love thee not, / Chaos is come again” (III.iii.90-92) | Othello |
| “For she had eyes and chose me. […] / I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove, / And on the proof there is no more but this: / Away at once with love or jealousy!” (III.iii.194-6) | Othello |
| “But pardon me; I do not in position / Distinctly speak of her, though I may fear / Her will, recoiling to her better judgment, / May fall to match you with her country forms, / And happily repent” (III.iii.239-243) | Iago |
| “Note if your lady strain his entertainment / With any strong or vehement importunity. / Much will be seen in that” (III.iii.255-7) | Iago |
| “Haply for I am black / And have not those soft parts of conversation / That chamberers have, or for I am declined / Into the vale of years—yet that’s not much— / She’s gone, I am abused, and my relief / Must be to loathe her” (III.iii.267-272) | Othello |
| “This was her first remembrance from the Moor. / My wayward husband hath a hundred times / Wooed me to steal it, […] / What he will do with it / Heaven knows, not I; / I nothing but to please his fantasy” (III.iii.297-306) | Emilia |
| “He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol’n, / Let him no know’t and he’s not robbed at all / […] / I had been happy if the general camp, / Pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, / So I had nothing known” (III.iii.350-5) | Othello |
| “Take note, take note, O world: / To be direct and honest is not safe. / I thank you for this profit, and from hence / I’ll love no friend, with love breeds such offense” (III.iii.385-8) | Iago |
| “And but my noble Moor / Is true of mind and made of no such baseness / As jealous creatures are, it were enough / To put him to ill thinking” (III.iv.22-5) | Desdemona |
| “That handkerchief did an Egyptian to my mother give / […] She told her, while she kept it / ‘Twould make her amiable and subdue my father / Entirely to her love, but if she lost it / Or made gift of it, my father’s eye / Should hold her loathed and his spirits should hunt / After new fancies” (III.iv.53-60) | Othello |
| “This is a trick to put me from my suit. / Pray you, let Cassio be received again” (III.iv.84-5) | Desdemona |
| “Tis not a year or two shows us a man. / They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; / They eat us hungerly, and, why they are full, / They belch us” (III.iv.98-101) | Emilia |
| “Nay, we must think men are not gods, / Nor of them look for such observancy / As fits the bridal. [….] / I was, unhandsome warrior as I am, / Arraigning his unkindness with my soul, / But now I find I had suborned the witness, / And he’s indicted falsely” (III.iv.143-9) | Desdemona |
| “But jealous souls will not be answered so. / They are not ever jealous for the cause, / But jealous for they’re jealous. It is a monster / Begot upon itself, born on itself” (III.iv.153-6) | Emilia |
| “Hath she forsook so many noble matches / Her father, and her country, and her friends, / To be called “*****”? Would it not make one weep?” (IV.iii.132-4) | Emili |
| “I have heard too much, and your words and performances / are no kin together” (IV.iii.190-1) | Roderigo |
| “And have not we affections / Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have? / Then let them use us well, else let them know, / The ills we do, their ills instruct us so” | Emilia |
| Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate / Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature / Whom passion could not shake […]? | Lodovico |
| “I have no great devotion to the deed, / And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons. / ‘Tis but a man gone. Forth, my sword; he dies!” (V.i.8-10) | Roderigo |
| If Cassio do remain, / He hath a daily beauty in his life / That makes me ugly (V.i.11-22) | Iago |
| Nobody. I myself. Farewell. / Commend me to my kind lord. Oh, farewell! (V.ii.38-9) | Desdemona |
| “Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak. / ‘Tis proper I obey him, but not now. / Perchance, Iago, I will ne’er go home.” (V.ii.208-210) | Emilia |
| An honorable murderer, if you will, / For naught I did in hate, but all in honor. | Othello |
| “Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. / From this time forth I never will speak word.” (V.ii.316-8) | Iago |
| What are Cassio, Desdemona, and Emilia discussing at the beginning of Act 3 | How to get Cassio’s position as lieutenant back |
| Whose arrival prompts Cassio to leave Desdemona and Emilia in taste | Othello |
| What character warns Othello about jealousy | Iago |
| Who picks up the hanker chief that Othello gave Desdemona | Emilia |
| Why does Othello become angry with Iago | Iago questions Desdemona’s faithfulness |
| What task does Othello assign to Iago | kill Cassio |
| When Iago says that “men should be what they seem” This demonstrates that Iago is…? | Manipulative |
| What is the definition of rhetoric? | any human expression meant to express meaning |
| What is Desdemona trying to do when she drops the hanker chief | comfort Othello |
| Who is promoted to Lieutenant once Cassio is demoted | Iago |
| Who gave Othello the hanker chief that he gave to Desdemona | his mother |
| How does Emilia react to Othello’s anger | She compares him to all men who eventually tire of their wives |
| What does Cassio ask bianca to do with the hanker chief | make a copy of it |
| What does Othello ask Iago to do | kill Cassio |
| Who hires musicians to play for Othello and Desdemona | Cassio |
| When speaking to Othello how does Iago describe reputation | as the most valuable thing a person can have |
| What does Iago offer up as proof to Othello that Desdemona is having an affair | he overheard Cassio dreaming about Desdemona |
| Who picks up Desdemona’s handkerchief when she drops it | Emilia |
| What is roderigo’s initial reaction when he hears that Desdemona and Othello are leaving for Cyprus | he plans to drown himself |
| Which character is physically hurt during the drunken fight | Montano |
| What caused Cassio to lose his position | his drinking |
| Who arrives first in Cyprus | Cassio |
| Which of the following best expresses Iago’s views of women | all women should expect to keep house |
| What is the reason Rodrigo is not upset at the end of act 2 | he is ostracized by Montano |
| When was Othello performed | early 1600’s |
| when was Othello written | late 1500’s |
| What does Iago keep saying to Rodrigo towards the end of act 1 | put money in thy purse |
| who banned the theatre entirely in 1642 | the puritans |
| What is the name of Iago’s wife | Emilia |
| Why does everyone arrive in cyprus at different times | there was a terrible storm at sea |
| What best describes the interaction between Othello and Desdemona when the first arrive in Cyprus | they are excited to see each other |
| Who is the governor of Cyprus | Montano |
| Why wasn’t Iago celebrating with Iago and Cassio (drinking with them the night of the fight) | He was celebrating his wedding night |
| What does Iago convince Cassio to do after his demotion | speak to Desdemona |
| What does Iago confess in his soliloquy at the end of scene 1 | he loves Desdemona |
| Step 1 of Iago’s plan is to convince Desdemona to defend Cassio, step 2 is | for Othello to walk in on Cassio and Desdemona talking |
| What is the setting for act 1 | Venice |
Othello quiz
September 8, 2019