Characters
This wealthy Venetian suitor of Desdemona is heartbroken when she marries Othello.
Who is Roderigo?
Iago calls Othello this kind of animal when warning Brabantio.
What is “an old black ram”?
Brabantio accuses Othello of using this to win Desdemona’s love.
What is witchcraft or magic?
Brabantio warns Othello that she may do this to him as she did to her father.
What is deceive him?
Fill in the blank "Put money in _________”
What is thy purse?
This man is bitter because Othello promoted Cassio instead of him.
Who is Iago?
Iago crudely tells Brabantio they are making this creature.
What is “the beast with two backs”?
Desdemona fell in love with Othello because of these stories.
What are his tales of dangers and adventures?
Iago convinces Roderigo to keep pursuing Desdemona with this repeated phrase.
What is “Put money in thy purse”?
Desdemona defends her marriage by saying she has a “divided duty,” but now belongs to this person.
Who is her husband, Othello?
Othello defends his worth by pointing to this aspect of his life.
What is his military service and reputation?
Othello speaks in this style, contrasting Iago’s vulgar tone.
What is dignified and poetic speech?
Desdemona explains her loyalty has shifted from her father to this man.
Who is Othello?
By the end of Act 1, Iago plans to make Othello believe this man is Desdemona’s lover.
Who is Cassio?
Iago and Roderigo rudely wake this character up in Act I, Scene 1. "Thieves, thieves!" (1.i.88)
Who is Brabantio?
This senator feels deceived when he discovers his daughter has married Othello.
Who is Brabantio?
Iago insults women by calling them “pictures out of doors” and “wild-cats in your kitchens.” What does this reveal?
What is Iago’s disrespectful and cynical view of women?
How does the Duke of Venice respond to Brabantio's complaints about Othello being married to Desdemona?
What is that the Duke of Venice suggest that Brabantio should make the best of the situation. Bonus, Othello would have swoon is daughter as well.
Iago justifies his hatred partly by believing Othello has done this with his wife.
What is sleep with her (done his “office”)?
The Duke tells Brabantio that Othello is “far more fair than” this.
The Duke tells Brabantio that Othello is “far more fair than” this.
The Duke tells Brabantio that Othello is “far more fair than” this.
What is black?
This Florentine soldier received Othello’s promotion over Iago.
Who is Cassio?
The Duke praises Othello, saying he is “far more fair than” this.
What is black?
This is the reason why Iago is using Roderigo in his plot against Othello.
Roderigo is gullible and rich, so he will go along with Iago without questioning much, and will be able to fund his schemes.
Iago ends Act 1 with this vow: “Hell and night must bring this monstrous ____ to the world’s light.”
What is birth?
Othello says Desdemona loved him for the dangers he had ____, and he loved her for pitying them.
What is pass’d (endured)?