Characters
Othello’s standard-bearer and the play's antagonist .
Who is Iago?
Handsome lieutenant whose rapid promotion triggers Iago's wrath.
Who is Cassio?
Initial setting of the play.
What is Venice?
Manner by which Othello kills Desdemona.
What is a strangulation?
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; / It is the _________-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on."
What is green?
Iago’s sharp-tongued wife and Desdemona’s lady-in-waiting, who ultimately exposes her husband's villainy at the cost of her life.
Who is Emilia?
A wealthy, lovesick Venetian gentleman who is easily manipulated by Iago into financing the entire conspiracy.
Who is Roderigo?
Location of most of the play's action.
What is Cyprus?
Destroys the Turkish naval fleet.
What is a storm?
Racial term by which Othello is often referred.
What is the Moor.
Governor of Cyprus before Othello arrives to take military control.
Who is Montano?
Courtesan in Cyprus infatuated with Cassio.
Who is Bianca?
Continent of Othello's birth.
What is Africa?
Objects embroidered on Desdemona's handkerchief.
What are strawberries?
"Even now, now, very now, an old black ______
Is tupping your white ewe."
What is a 'ram'?
Kinsman to Brabantio acts as a Venetian diplomatic messenger, arriving in Cyprus in Act 5 only to witness the tragic fallout.
Whi is Ludovico?
Appears briefly at the start of Act 3 to provide brief comic relief.
Who is the Clown?
The Turkish fleet is INITIALLY sailing for this island.
What is Rhodes?
Driven to madness by Iago’s graphic insinuations in Act 4, Othello succumbs to this type of medical event.
What is epileptic fit?
Othello's religion.
What is Christianity?
Original owner of the handkerhcief.
Who is an Egyptian charmer?
Brabantio’s brother who only appears in Act 5 after he travels to Cyprus.
Who is Gratiano?
Italian city that Cassio is from.
What is Florence?
Name of the song Desdeomna sings.
What is 'Willow'?
Desdemona’s mother's maid who died of a broken heart.
Who is Barbary?