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Duplicity
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1I hate the moor he's done my officeMonosylabbic & blunt.
Iago thinks that Othello has slept with Emilia - 2I follow him to serve my turn upon himIago will follow Othello until he can't get his revenge
- 3By Janus I think noJanus- God of beginnings and transitions in Greek mythology.
He had 2 faces and suggests Iago has the same. He sees what others cannot. Dramatic Irony.
When Othello steps away from the scene Iago shows his other face and starts evil potting - 4I am not who I amDeceival.
reminiscent of bible quotation which Shakespeare would have been aware of.
Exodus. God gives laws to Moses and Moses asks for Gods name "I am that I am" if that stands for god then it makes Iago's self description the opposite- devil - 5With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as CassioIago uses simile + imagery, take Cassio into his care and trap.
Iago plots to take Cassio's hand holding to frame him & make him lose his job promotion.
fly- simpleton - 6each drop she falls would prove a crocodileCrocodile tears- tears not for honesty but for deception
- 7[Iago from behind wounds Cassio in the leg and exit]Iago is a back stabber
- 8honest Iagodramatic irony
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- A level English (Othello theme quotes) Flashcards on Duplicity, created by Laura Cashin on 11/06/2017.
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