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Flashcards by Rebecca Davidson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rebecca Davidson
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| Question | Answer |
| IAGO- 'I follow my serve to turn upon him'- Act One, Scene One, Line 43. | This line shows how Iago is openly deceitful but also a trouble causer as he admits this to Roderigo, which is the truth, but later uses Roderigo in his scheme of revenge (I.E- Convincing him the relationship between Othello and Desdemona is simply built on lust) |
| IAGO- 'Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs' (Act One, Scene One, Lines 116 and 177) | A crude attempt to anger Branbantio, but also could be a racial slur as it shows the stereotypes of Black men in Shakespearean times as they were portrayed as sex-crazed. |
| IAGO- (Paraphrasing Othello) 'I have already chosen my officer' 'One Michael Cassio' | Shows motives for Iago's revenge towards Othello possibly. It shows the intention of him gaining position of Officer and this is done by getting Cassio drunk so he'd attack Montano and lose his job. |
| IAGO- 'An old black ram is tupping your white ewe' 'You'll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse' | Shows that he is both racist and dehumanising. Also reflects the views on inter-racial marriage at the time. |
| IAGO- 'Though in the trade of war I have slain men' 'to no contrive murder' | Shows what a hypocrite he is and this is further justified by other characters calling him 'Honest Iago'. |
| IAGO- (To Roderigo) [be a] 'duteous and knee-crooking knave' | Shows his false nature and foreshadows the deception he shows towards other characters, particularly Othello as Iago to acts towards him in this manner. |
| IAGO- 'not I for love and duty' | Another possible motive of his revenge, he states that he is not following Othello out of love and duty and therefore follows him to avenge him for sleeping with his wife [or so he suspects] |
| IAGO- 'I am not what I am' | The fact Iago admits this in Act One shows dramatic irony and a continual deception of both the characters and the audience. It also hides a lot more than it states as we don't know to what extent Iago is not what he presents himself to be. |
| IAGO- 'He hath boarded the land carrack' | Iago states this about Desdemona when Cassio asks what has happened [he is unaware the newly-weds have eloped at this point]. It shows the derogative manner in which women were spoken about and considered a treasure/prize as well as Iago's own views on women. |
| IAGO- 'Oh , beware, my lord of jealousy; it is a green eyed monster which doth mock' (Act Three) | Highlights the theme of jealousy, is dramatic irony as Iago is the one jealous of Cassio and is therefore hypocritical. It also shows how Iago is targeting Othello's major weakness of jealousy. |
| IAGO- 'I'd rather have this tongue cut from my mouth'. | Shows how the tongue represents control for Iago, he uses it his words Satanically in some respects as they drive Othello to kill Desdemona and himself, therefore making him go to hell. |
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