Plot Pyramid
Who Am I?
Acts 1-3
Acts 4-5
Anything Goes
100
Iago and Roderigo wake up Brabantio to tell him Desdemona is missing.
What is the exposition?
100
I stab Emilia because she can't keep her mouth shut.
Who is Iago?
100
Othello is referred to throughout the first scene using this word instead of his name.
What is moor?
100
Cassio's "little monkey" who won't leave him alone.
Who is Bianca?
100
Name of the city where the play begins.
What is Venice?
200
Iago reveals in his soliloquy he wants to get revenge on Othello.
What is the conflict?
200
I beg Othello to give Cassio his job back.
Who is Desdemona?
200
What Brabantio thinks Othello used to win Desdemona's love.
What is black magic?
200
Name of the disorder Othello suffers from which may be causing his seizures.
What is epilepsy?
200
Othello's instrument of death for Desdemona.
What is a pillow?
300
Othello kills himself.
What is the resolution?
300
I believe it's okay for a woman to cheat on her husband.
Who is Emilia?
300
Name of the city where Othello lands after fighting the war against the Turks.
What is Cyprus?
300
Othello's internal motivation for believing Desdemona is cheating on him.
What is low self-esteem?
300
Desdemona's handkerchief had these printed on it. (Hint: They were dyed with the blood from the embalmed hearts of virgins.)
What are strawberries?
400
Iago and Othello vow to kill Desdemona and Cassio.
What is the climax?
400
I became a soldier when I was seven years old.
Who is Othello?
400
What Cassio is more worried about losing than his job.
What is his reputation?
400
Character who randomly dies in Act 5. (Hint: This person does not die on stage.)
Who is Brabantio?
400
Names of the TWO men Iago believes have slept with his wife.
Who are Othello and Cassio?
500
Desdemona sings the "Willow" song before bed.
What is the falling action?
500
I send Othello away to fight the Turks.
Who is the duke?
500
Roderigo's method of suicide he threatens to use if he can't get Desdemona.
What is drowning?
500
Total number of characters who have died during the course of the play.
What is five?
500
Name of Desdemona's mother's maid who sung the "Willow" song the night she died.
Who is Barbary?
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