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Karten in diesem Stapel (21)
- 1"I fear Cassio with my night-cap too"Distrusting/Insecure
Fueling revenge on Cassio/Othello
Once again just conjecture? - 2"I'll pour this pestilence into his ear"Poison his mind with words
Pour - referring to lots
Let Othello talk - so 'planted' seeds create their own food? - 3"I'll tear her all to pieces!"Othello's psyche harmed
Iago is the puppetmaster
Iago is the chess player
Iago is the conductor
Manipulated Othello to this point - 4"By Janus, I think no."His two-faced character
The God 'Janus'
God Complex? - 5"O murderous slave! O villain!"To Roderigo - ultimate plan unwinds
Parallel to himself - 6"This is the night that either makes me, or fordoes me quite."Critical Moment
Build-up to finale
Iago anticipates either success or downfall
Emotionless - as if it's a game - 7"From this time forth I never will speak word."Last Words
Refusal to admit loss? Game?
Evil - no remorse/guilt - 8Racism "Sooty Bosom" "The Moor" "enchanted her" "foul charms"Insulting
Shows Shakespeare's anti-racist views?
Othello actually good
Iago bad
Light and Dark? - 9"I do perceive here a divided duty"Loves Othello
Loves her father - Brabantio
She's a good person and doesn't side - 10"A maid that paragons description and wild fame" "She's a most exquisite lady"Cassio about Desdemona
Thinks highly of her
Possible feelings
Understand Othello's jealousy from this? - 11"It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul"Othello's been driven mad
His soul is why he's doing this
Corruption - 12"Villainy, villainy, villainy!" "Reputation, reputation, reputation!"Repetition - Emilia and Cassio
Emphasis
Iago's evil plan accusation
Cassio's lost his reputation - 13"O beware, my lord, of jealousy: it is the green-eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on."Iago to Othello
Moral of the Story
Dramatic Irony
Iago giving Othello a chance
Iago trying to warn Othello - 14"I am not what I am."Ironic mirroring throughout play
Iago's two-faced character
Janus
Appearances can be deceiving - 15"I lack iniquity, sometimes to do me service."Too nice for his own good
First manipulation of Othello - 16"I hate the Moor."Emphasized by Iago often
Caused by Othello choosing Cassio
Racist comment - 17"It is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets he's done my office."Othello's slept with Emilia?
Conjecture but justifying hatred?
Iago particularly knows of the unlikelihood due to Othello and Desdemona's strong relationship - 18"I have't. It is engendered. Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light."Eerie Success
The moment Iago's plan is formed
Monstrous Birth - evil
Hell and night - what he'll do
The world's light - what'll be affected - 19"You rise to play and go to bed to work."Calling Emilia a whore - sexist
His wife - horrid
Shows his belief of female inferiority
He is superior - sexist, like his racism - 20"If she be black, and thereto have a wit, she'll find a white that shall her blackness fit."Opposites and Double Entendres
Iago and Desdemona exchange words
Iago mocking the titular man & his wife? - 21"With as little a web as this will I ensnare a great a fly as Cassio."Imagery of 'trapping' Cassio
Iago is a spider - hard to catch
Fly - noting Cassio's irrelevance
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- GCSE English Literature Karteikarten am Untitled_1, erstellt von garmort am 21/05/2013.
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