Quotes
"Wake up, _____________! Wake up! Thieves! Thieves! Check on your daughter, your house, your money! Thieves!"
Who is Brabantio?
This character was previously a lieutenant until he ______
Who is Cassio? Got drunk
This lie is told about Cassio to tarnish his reputation
What is Cassio has a drinking problem?
"O gentle lady, do not put me to 't/For I am nothing, if not critical"
Don't make me do it, my lady. I'm critical by nature.
A theme developed out of Lago, Emilia, and Desdemona's interaction.
What is Prejudice/Manhood/Womanhood
Fact or fiction: Cassio, lieutenant at the end of Act II, is devastated from a drinking incident.
What is fiction?
"Not tonight, good lago. I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment" (II.III.20-25).
Who is Cassio?
This character leaves in the middle of self-created conflict
Who is Lago?
A character, besides Desdemona, who adores and loves Othello
Who is Cassio?
"She never yet was foolish that was fair/For even her folly helped her to an heir"
No pretty woman is stupid, because her stupidity will make her more attractive to men.
A theme that emerges in Act I, Scene 1
Fact or Fiction: Emilia stands up for herself and Desdemona when her husband speaks.
What is fiction?
"Why, there's no remedy. 'Tis the curse of service. Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old graduation, where each second Stood heir to th' first. Now sir, be judge yourself, Whether I in any just term am affined To Love the Moor" (I.I.35-40).
Who is Lago?
This character is known best for being manipulated right off the bat
How Lago's demeanor towards Othello develops the theme of appearance vs. reality
"He speaks home, madam. You may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar"
He speaks bluntly, madam. He's more of a soldier than a wise man.
A theme developed through the character of the Duke
What is the theme of acceptance?
Fact or Fiction: Brabantio's contempt for Othello does not play a major role throughout Act II
What is fact?
Who is Othello?
This is character is mortally wounded in Act II
Who is Montano?
Two ways that Cassio's events help develop the theme of appearance vs reality
What is when he seemingly is in love with Desdemona by a friendly gesture, what is when he is seemingly an alcoholic
"The heavens forbid/But that our loves and comforts should increase, Evan as our days do grow"
God willing, our love and our happiness will only increase as we get older.
What is Lago's anger towards Othello for not getting his position and remaining behaviors, What is how Lago treats and acts towards women
Fact or Fiction: Cassio mortally wounds Roderigo and punches Montano
What is fiction?
"Take hold on me, for my particular grief/Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature/That it engluts and swallows other sorrows/And it is still itself" (I.III.1-6).
Who is Brabantio?
Who is the Duke?
The process by which Othello and Desdemona fell in love
What is Othello was originally a friend of Brabantio, Desdemona was an "attentive listener" who heard all of his stories.
"If I can fasten but one cup upon him/With that which he hath drunk tonight already/He'll be as full of quarrel and offense/as my young mistress' dog"
If I can just get him to drink one more glass after what he's drunk already, he'll be as argumentative and eager to fight as a little dog.
What is the theme of peace/conflict resolution/rationale?
Fact or Fiction: Othello gets extremely upset with Cassio for his actions.
What is fact?
"Let it be so. Good night to every one. And, noble signior, if virtue no delighted beauty lack, Your son in law is far more fair than black" (I.III.281-285).
Who is the Duke?
These characters are forced to listen to Lago as he reveals his lack of respect for women
Who is Desdemona and Emilia?
Desdemona says this in order to _____________: "Nor would I there reside, To put my father in impatient thoughts/By being in his eye. Most gracious Duke, To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear/ And let me find a charter in your voice, T' assist my simpleness" (I.III.241-245).
What is to travel to Cyprus with Othello?
"You or any man living may be drunk at a time, man. I tell you what you shall do. Our general's wife is now the general. I may say so in this respect, for that he hath devoted and given up himself to the contemplation, mark, and denotement of her parts and graces. Confess yourself freely to her, importune her help to put you in your place again"
"He takes her by the palm. Ay, well said, whisper! With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio. Ay, smile upon her, do, I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. You say true, 'Tis so, indeed" refines these three themes
What is 1. Jealousy 2. Reputation and 3. Appearance vs. Reality
Friend or Foe: "And what's he then that says I play the villain? When this advice is free I give and honest, Probal to thinking and indeed the course to win the Moor again?"
What is Foe? Lago vs Cassio