English Othello

Q: She showed me love for the dangers I had pass'd

A: And I loved her that she did pity them

Q: She showed me love for the dangers I had pass'd/ And I loved her that she did pity them

A: Love, Repetition, Romantic Idealisation

Q: My life upon

A: her faith

Q: My life upon her faith

A: Love, Hyperbole/Dramatic Irony

Q: That I did love the Moor

A: to live with him

Q: That I did love the Moor to live with him

A: Love, Declarative, Defiance of a social convention

Q: I know, Iago. Thy honest and love doth mince

A: this matter

Q: I know, Iago. Thy honest and love doth mince this matter

A: Love, Dramatic Irony

Q: O beware, my lord, of jealousy;

A: As it is the green-eyed monster

Q: O beware, my lord, of jealousy;/ As it is the green-eyed monster

A: Love, Metaphor, Creates Foreboding, Love corrupted by jealousy

Q: O curse of

A: marriage

Q: O curse of marriage

A: Love, Exclamative, Shift from genuine love to possessive

Q: This honest creature doubtless

A: sees and knows more

Q: This honest creature doubtless/sees and knows more

A: Love, Dramatic Irony, Builds tension, Love destroyed by deception

Q: His unkindness may defeat my life,

A: But never taint my love

Q: His unkindness may defeat my life,/ But never taint my love

A: Love, Juxtaposition/Antithesis, Desdemona's love is unconditional, Creates PATHOS

Q: Let husbands know

A: Their wives have sense like them

Q: Let husbands know/Their wives have sense like them

A: Love, Parallelism, Social Critique

Q: I kiss thee

A: ere I killed thee

Q: I kiss thee ere I killed thee

A: Love, Tragic Paradox, Coexistence of love and violence

Let husbands know/

Their wives have sense like them

Let husbands know/Their wives have sense like them

Gender/Power, Parallelism, they have thoughts and knowledge like their husbands

I am not what I am

Gender/Power, Paradox, Seeks influence on those above him, contradicts exodus

Look to her, Moor, if thoust has eyes to see;/

She has deceived her father, and may thee

Look to her, Moor, if thoust has eyes to see;/She has deceived her father, and may thee

Gender/Power, Foreshadowing, Patriarchal Authority, Was a normal reaction to Desdemona’s actions

I do perceive here

a divided duty

I do perceive here a divided duty

Gender/Power, metaphor, Recognises competing authorities between father and husband

You rise to play

and go to bed to work

You rise to play and go to bed to work

Gender/Power, sexual innuendo, Misogyny

Devil

Gender/Power, Religious Imagery, unchecked male authority

I have not

deserved this

I have not deserved this

Gender/Power, Declarative, PATHOS, She is female so she cant defend herself

Come, swear it,

damn thyself

Come, swear it, damn thyself

Gender/Power, Imperative, Psychological aggression

The ills we do,

their ills

The ills we do, their ills

Gender/Power, Repetition, Rational argument from Emilia

You told a lie,

an odious, damned lie

You told a lie, an odious, damned lie

Gender/Power, Repetition, accusing a male, moral courage

Villainous

Whore

Villainous Whore

Gender/Power, exclamatory, violent oppression

I will not charm my tongue;

I am bound to speak

I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to speak

Gender/Power, metaphor, chooses truth over submission, horoic defiance