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16 Cards in this Set
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"I hate the moor" |
Iago doesn't like Othello, wants revenge on him. |
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"O, beware, my Lord, of jealousy" |
Jealousy is a central theme in Othello. Jealousy will take over. |
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"I am not what I am" |
Different side to Iago that nobody sees apart from Roderigo. |
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"Even now, now very now an old lack ram is tupping your white ewe" |
Animal imagery used by Iago to describe Othello and Desdemona. |
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"Keep up your bright sword for the dew will rust them"
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Shows Othello's calmness and control over everyone else. |
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"Honest Iago" |
Ironic as Iago is anything but honest. He lies and manipulates everyone to cause disruption without the others knowing its him behind everything. |
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"If it were now to die, 'twere now to be most happy" |
Othello loves Desdemona and would do anything for her. Happy with life now. |
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"Zounds" |
Shows Othello's language is being destroyed because of Iago's manipulation and Othello's confusion to the situation. |
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"Think" and "Seem" |
No one really knows what is happening for sure. |
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"Jealousy" |
Repeated multiple times to show that it is important to the play as a whole. It is a central theme of the play. |
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"Goats and monkeys" |
Othello picking up on Iago's animal imagery. His language has broken down. He once spoke in blank verse but now speaking in chaotic prose. |
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"Were they as prime as goats and as hot as monkeys" |
Animal imagery used by Iago. |
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"I'll tear her all to pieces" |
Othello wants to kill Desdemona. Contrast to language before. |
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"Work on, my medicine work" |
Iago planting seeds of manipulation into Othello's brain. |
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"And then put out the light" |
Othello going to kill Desdemona. |
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"Killing myself, to die upon a kiss" |
Othello loves Desdemona and realises he has done wrong and that she was telling the truth about Cassio. He dies and honourable murderer. |
