Characters
Quotes
Plot Points
Movie Versions
Iago the Great
100
This character wants to drown himself when things don't go his way.
Who is Roderigo?
100
"Make it a darling like your precious eye" refers to this.
What is the handkerchief?
100
The reason everyone goes to Cyprus.
What is to defend the island against the Turks.
100
One way in which the movie version has a different beginning than the actual play
Answers will vary
100
Iago's primary reason for hating Othello is that he was not named lieutenant. This is a secondary reason he hates Othello.
What is he believes Othello slept with his wife?
200
Describes Desdemona as a "divine" woman that is beyond description.
Who is Cassio?
200
This character says, "O, that we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites!"
Who is Othello?
200
The final resting place of almost every dead character at the end of the play.
What is Othello and Desdemona's bed?
200
What Iago and Othello are doing in the movie right after they see Desdemona and Cassio talking.
What is (practice) fighting/jousting in the castle grounds
200
Iago uses these 2 animal terms to refer to Othello and Desdemona
What is "an old black ram" and a "white ewe" and/or "the beast with two backs"
300
Wants Othello jailed for stealing his daughter.
Who is Brabantio?
300
One of two quotes spoken about Desdemona that show she is in control of Othello's heart.
What is "Our great captain's captain" OR "The general's wife is now the general."
300
Iago tells Roderigo that Desdemona will choose this man once she tires of Othello.
Who is Cassio?
300
The location where Iago and Othello are talking when Iago mentions the handkerchief for the first time
The beach
300
Iago's final lines in the play (do not have to be verbatim).
What is, "Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word."
400
Tells Brabantio, "Your son-in-law is far more fair than black."
Who is the Duke?
400
The reason Iago's comment "Good name in man and woman...is the immediate jewel of [one's] soul" is so ironic.
What is he told Cassio one scene earlier that reputation means nothing.
400
Iago is referring to this when he says "Ha! I like not that."
What is seeing Cassio talking to Desdemona.
400
One physical characteristic of the title character in the movie that indicates he's a foreigner.
What are earrings, dark skin, tattoos...?
400
A coincidence that works out in Iago's favor while he is talking to Cassio with Othello in hiding, listening on.
What is that Bianca shows up with the handkerchief?
500
This character's feelings are hurt when Cassio asks to "take out the work"
Who is Bianca?
500
The "fly" in this quote: "With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as _________"
Who is Cassio?
500
The "vice" Emilia is referring to when she says "the world's a huge thing; it is a great price for a small vice"
What is cheating on a husband?
500
The location where Othello "overhears" Cassio's conversation with Iago and then Bianca
What is the underground cells on Cyprus?
500
The person who says of Iago in Act V, " 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now."
Who is Emilia?
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