Shakespeare-othello

“For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart in compliment external,’tis not long after but I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at: I am not what I am” Speaker: IagoAudience: roderigo Situation: wearing your heart on your sleeve means acting how you feel.
O thou foul their, where hast thou stow’d my daughter? Damn’d as thou art, thou hast enchanted her; Speaker: Brabantio audience: othelloSituation: he is accusing othello of using magic to get his daughter Desdemona to fall in love with othello
I hate the moor: and it is thought abroad,that twixt my sheets he has done my office: I know not if’ be true; but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety Speaker: Iago Audience: audience Situation: Iago is talking about the rumor but still wants to get revenge on othello.
I am not merry; but I do beguile the thing I am, by seeming otherwise. Speaker: Desdemona Audience: audience Situation: Desdemona is worried about othello not coming home & causes problems in the future because she acted like she didn’t care
For that I do suspect the lusty moor bath leap’d into my seat; the thought whereof doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards; and nothing can or shall content my soul till I am even’d with him, wife for wife, or failing so, yet that I put the moor at least into jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure Speaker: Iago Audience: audience Situation: Iago is gonna try to make othello so jealous that he won’t be able to function.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving: you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser. Speaker: Iago Audience: Cassio Situation: Cassio is worried about his reputation and Iago is saying things to make him feel better and that all that matters is what you think of yourself
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green:eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on Speaker: Iago Audience: othello Situation: Iago is telling othello false information about Desdemona & Cassio, and he is telling him not to get jealous
Villain, be sure thou prove my love a *****,be sure of it: give me the ocular proof: or by the worth of man’s eternal soul, thou hadst been better have been born a dog than Answer my waked wrath Situation: othello Audience: Iago Situation: othello wants proof about Desdemona & Cassio
Twill out, twill out: I peace! No, I will speak as liberal as the north: let heaven and men and Devils, let them all all all cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak Speaker: EmiliaAudience: Iago Situation: Iago is telling Emilia to go home before she says anything and she denies him and begins to talk
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well; of one not easily jealous, but being wrought perplex’d in the extreme Speaker: othelloAudience: people in the room at the end Situation: othello is about to commit suicide
Demand me nothing: what you know, you know: from this time I never will speak word Speaker: Iago Audience. Othello Situation. 2 reasons why he is refusing to speak is because he doesn’t want to tell him anything else and he wants him to die not knowing
Shakespeare birth & death April 26th 1564- April 23rd 1616
Shakespeare: where he grew up Stratfordupon-Avon
Shakespeare: wife Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare: theatre he created Globe
What made Shakespeare’s plays so good 1: the power, clarity, creativity, and depth of his language and poetry 2: how he reinterpreted other people’s stories 3: the psychological depth of his characters 4: the depth and breath his stories explore issues themes, and ideas
Othello Weakness: jealously between Desdemona and Cassio- weak when it comes to love-AggressiveBelief system: -a loyal wife- trust -dynamic
Iago – villain-evil-gets his way-good with his wordsWeaknesses: doing the dirty work Belief system: money, position, power -static
Desdemona -not very smart -gentle -clueless-weakness: makes things worse for herself-static
Emilia -clever -realist-understands things-smart -stands up for herself Weakness: doing something wrong Static