Othello

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VOCABULARY

Verse (Used for high status characters)

Poetic language that includes meter and sometimes rhyme

Prose( Used for low status characters such as servants)

Ordinary written language with no meter or rhymes organized in sentences

Meter

The patter of stressed and unstressed syllables

Foot

A group of syllables that forms one complete unit of symmetrical pattern

Iambic Pentameter

unstressed or stressed syllable

Aside

A character's remark to either the audience or another character

Soliloquy

A speech a character gives when they are on stage alone

Foil

A character who's personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast

Allusion: Janus

Roman God of gates and doors, depicted with a double face head. Worshiped at harvest time , planting, marriage or birth. Or just beginnings. Represents the transition between primitive life and civilization

Othello Terminology : Moor

Muslim person of Arab, Moors invaded spain, Means dark or very black , Symbolized something as coming from the devil.

Cuckold

A man who's wife is unfaithful to him.

Othello was written in 1604