Act 1
Who did Othello marry?
Desdemona!
Was Shakespeare also a poet?
Yes!
Reference to a person, place, thing, or event which the other believes the audience will know.
Allusion
"O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?"
Barbantio
Who does Iago try to get drunk?
Cassio
Roderigo
At what age did Shakespeare get married?
Age 18
A character whose actions and traits contrast those of another character. (Like a white background against a subject in a photograph)
Foil
"I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth than it should do offence to Michael Cassio."
Iago
True or False? Did Iago tell Roderigo to try and quarrel with Cassio, to get him mad?
True! Iago said, "Make Cassio angry somehow."
What two characters talked in the very first scene of Act 1?
Rodrigo and Iago
How old was Shakespeare when he died?
52 years old
A poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines
Blank verse
"I know, Iago. Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter."
Othello
What does Iago tell Cassio to do after the fight happens?
Iago tells Cassio to ask Desdemona to help get back Cassio's position back.
Cyprus
How many poems did he write?
Around 150 poems
A genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character.
Tragedy
"And what's he then that says I play the villain? When this advice is free I give and honest probal to thinking..."
Iago
Fill in the two blanks:
"Montano you're supposed to be ____ and _______."
Calm and collected
Who was Rodrigo talking to when he was talking about killing himself?
Lago
Where did Shakespeare move to, when he was a young man?
To London!
To refer to a monologue that is delivered when the character is alone. Soliloquy?
Soliloquy
"It hath pleased the devil drunkness to give place to the devil wrath."
Cassio
In the beginning of Act 2, from where, was the ship that was sailing into Harbor, coming from?
Verona