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Flashcards by Seyi Ogunbusola, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Seyi Ogunbusola
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| "I am not what i am" | Act 1 Scene 1: Reveals to the audience that he is duplicitous, drawing attention to how gullible the other characters are for not seeing through him |
| "how am i then a villain to counsel Cassio to this parallel course" | Act 2 scene 3 teases the audience with the acknowledgement of his complex duplicity |
| "when devils will their blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows" | Act 2 scene 3: full of diabolic imagery: hell, devils. Juxtaposition 'blackest of sins' vs 'heavenly shows' --> black and white contrast shown throughout the play |
| "black ram is topping your white ewe" | Act 1 scene 1: animalistic imagery, dehumanisation by Iago, on both Othello and Desdemona |
| "demand me nothing; what you know you know: From this time forth i never will speak a word" | Act 5, scene 2 His final enigmatic refusal to speak, emphasises the degree to which he and his motives have never been easy to pin down |
| "jealousy is the green eyed monster, that doth mocks the food it feeds upon" | Act 3 scene 3 personification of an emotion. Foreshadowing of tragic fate of Othello. Both warning him, and egging him on |
| "strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated" | Act 4 scene 4 shows Iago's desire to control every aspect about how this plan should unfold, reinforces the fact that he has complete control over Othello |
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