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Othello- quotes
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- 1I am not what I amIago- Act 1 scene 1. This quote links to theme of duplicity. This also refers to a bible quotation "I am that I am" from Exodus. This is where God gives the law to Moses and asks of his name. Therefore, Iago's self description shows he is the opposite to god- the devil.
- 2my parts, my title and my perfect soulpower of three.
Possessive pronouns - 3make the moor thank me, love me and reward meMake Iago the most loved and needed person
Othello is vulnerable due to returning from the storm - 4war-like islecyprus- conflict, battle & unsettled
juxtaposition due to war & Aphrodite
island and birth place of Aphrodite whom is the goddess of love & also stands for everything that Rome did. - 5o my fair warriorOthello greets Desdemona first
oxymoronic as he sees her as his equal - 6divine desdemonavery respectful
heavenly goddess
courtly love- medieval social practice. Knights had to live by strict rules in which they wrote letters, gave flowers to the lady they loves - 7use of clown?dramatic device- comic relief
relieve the tension - 8I am to pray you you not to strain my speech to grosser issues nor to larger reach than to suspicionPlease don't dwell on it.
reverse psychology. - 9If I do prove her haggard, though that her jesses were my dear heart strings, I'd whistle her offIf it turns out that she really is running around on me, I’ll send her away, even though it’ll break my heart.
Metaphor + imagery of a hawk
He cannot tame her/control her - 10If she be false, O heaven mocks itselfHeaven imagery
If she's false then heaven is fake ( a mockery of itself) - 11this forked plague is fates to usforked-cuckholded
fate- more likely to have affairs if there is an arranged marriage - 12thou hadst been better have been born a dog than answer my waked wrath!If you can’t, trust me, you won’t want to feel my rage!
- 13Her name was was as fresh as Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black as mine own face.Othello's changed thought of Desdemona
Dian- goddess of the moon & chastity- refraining from extramarital sex. Pale, shining and pure.
Begrimed- black with soot- dirty- the actors face was actually blacked up careful not to get on D's clothes.
Black- devil- oxymoron she has changed to be ruined - 14fair deviloxymoron shows Othello's confusion ad torn nature
- 15she was a charmer and could almost read the thoughts of peoplewitchcraft- mythic qualities that moors possessed
audience is not surprised because it fulfils their stereotype. - 16I'll tear her to piecesanimalistic & savage
- 17'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 loathèd and his spirits should hunt After new fanciesas long as she kept it with her, my father would love and desire her. But if she lost it or gave it away, my father would start hating her and looking at other women.
Foreshadowing - 18Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bedWants Othello to kill Desdemona personally- in their marital bed.
Othello would be the absolute victim - 19get you to bed... I will be returned forthwith.Short syntax- imperative.
Foreshadows her death through dramatic irony - 20willow songwillow- spirituality, culture and traditions
resilient- survives conditions
through loss it still grows
Desdemona's mothers maid died singing the song- foreshadows
willow- symbol of grief for unrequited love or loss of a mate - 21This is the night that either makes me or forbids me quiteContrasts to Iago's confidence in soliloquies and asides.
Things are finally out of the hands of Iago- he must let the situation be decided by fate.
First time that not in control- fate goes against him and Shakespeare implies that the evil won't go unpunished - 22like the base Indian, threw a pearl awayIndians threw stones away- throw away something that is very precious- didn't realise it.
- 23Othello kills himself by stabbing himself- they did not know he had weaponskilling self- is a sin in christianity
greeks- sacrifice/honour
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- A level English Flashcards on Othello- quotes, created by Laura Cashin on 04/06/2017.
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