Quotes
"Honest Iago, speak, who began this?"
Who is Othello?
" If I can fasten but one cup upon him. . . " who said this and about whom?
Who is Iago talking about Cassio?
This term refers to when the audience knows something that the characters do not- we are "in on a secret."
What is dramatic irony?
This character has remained in Venice and believes in magic.
Who is Brabantio?
Iago really shows his true character in Act III and proves he's master puppeteer, creating a _____ of _____.
What is a web of lies?
"I bleed still. . . I am hurt"
Who is Montano?
This character represents the sly traits of Iago and also used a "pun" of the word "lie."
Who is the Clown?
"I shall return to Venice. . . I have been well-cudgeled."
Who is Roderigo?
This term in Shakespeare's time when characters suffer from a flaw, and in the case of the play, jealousy.
What is a tragedy?
This is said to have been what stopped the war between the Turks and the Venetians
What is a storm?
The loyal man (to Othello and the army) who remains in Venice.
Who is the Duke?
Out of the main characters that are in this play, this character has not been lied to, well at least directly, by Iago. (at least I'm pretty sure. . . )
Who is Desdemona?
"We are all but stomachs. . . when they are full of us, they belch us." Who said this and what does it imply?
This term means a man who hates women
What is Misogynist
This character changes the atmosphere from Act I to Act II- to applaud Othello for the win of the war and to celebrate the marriage to his wife, Desdemona.
What is the Herald?
Othello's Lieutenant- both the one previously and the one now. One of the men and Othello also use this specific adjective to describe the villain of the play.
Who is Cassio and now Iago and what is honest?
What was the maid's name that gave Othello's mother the handkerchief?
Who is Barbary?