Othello final

Groundlings

Paid least to see performance; throw eggs and tomatoes; rowdy

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

Shakespeare’s theatre troupe

Exposition

“Inciting incident” provides context of the play

The Globe

Theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were performed

William Shakespeare will

Leaves “second-best bed” to wife Anne Hathaway

Date of Shakespeare’s birth and death

Birth: April 23 1564 Death: April 23 1616

Identify elision in the following passage

"Though through the trade of war I have slain men, / Yet do I hold it very stuff o' th' conscience / To do no contrived murder."

O’ th

the meaning of the word "thou" in the following passage:

"O, thou, foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?"

An insulting version of “you” to indicate lower status

lago describes TWO types of servants in the world, which are:

Faithful to master and Faithful to self

According to lago, which type of servant will he be?

“I follow to serve my turn upon him”

What topic is established in the following passage:

"For when my outward action doth demonstrate / The native act and figure of my heart / In complement extern, 'tis not long after / But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at. I am not what I am."

Deception

What terms are used by the other characters to describe Othello so far?

1. Moor

2. Barbary Horse

3. Old black ram All of the above

The significance of the reference to the Janus god is

It is a god with two-faces, which shows a duplicitous nature

Brabantio "others" Othello by

Implying Othello has cast magic spells on his daughter

Act 2 opens with a violent tempest sweeping through the sea. What is likely the significance of this storm to the tragedy?

1. Represents a harbinger of evil over the island

2. Pathetic Fallacy which personifies the emotions of lago who will bring storm of emotions to the island

3. Foreshadows the impending unrest that will loom over Cyprus

4. All of the above

How does the tempest (storm) at the beginning of Act 2 advance the main plot?

It destroys the Turkish fleet and ends the threat to Cyprus

When Othello states "Our wars are done," the line is ironic because...

The external war is done but the internal war has just begun

Which of the following show hyperbole (a figure of speech that is an exaggeration)?

"If after every tempest come such calms, / May the winds blow till they have wakened death."

lago implies to Montano that Cassio should not be Othello's lieutenant. Which of the following stated details lead to

this implication?

lago: "I fear the trust Othello puts him in / On some odd time of his infirmity / Will shake this island.

Who is the speaker of the passage above

Iago

What does the speaker imply when he asks, "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?"

His real intentions are masked by the appearance of good advice

The speaker presents Desdemona as a good woman who will become an involuntary "villain". Which of the

following best supports this perspective:

I will turn her into a virtue into pitch

What is the purpose of the passage above?

To explain how evil will defeat good

The passage above is an example of a(an)

Soliloquy

Based on the advice the speaker gives, what does he compare himself to?

A whirlpool

What event precedes the passage above

Cassio has lost his lieutenancy

When Cassio cries, "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!" how does lago respond?

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition!

Which of the following are epithets used to describe lago in Act 2?

Honest Iago

Venice: :: Cyprus:

Reason, emotion

Rising action

The main conflict is established; the tension increases toward the climax

Hamartia

An error in judgment based on a tragic flaw

Complications

Key events in the rising action that lead to the crisis

Catastrophe

The tragedy is universal and we are all affected by this point

Tragic Hero

Exceptional but flawed, to Shakespeare, more human

Before lago uses logos to manipulate Othello, what rhetorical strategy does he establish first?

Ethos

lago applies the following syllogism to Othello, in that he hopes that he will make what conclusion?

Premise: Desdemona tricked her father when she eloped

Premise: Desdemona pretended she was uninterested in Othello when she actually did like him.

Therefore:

Desdemona is deceptive

A "green-eyed monster" is literally a(an) .

Cat

Which of the following is not "evidence" lago attempts to use to convince Othello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio?

He heard that Cassio was plotting to overthrow Othello to win Desdemona's love

Once Othello assumes that Desdemona is unfaithful to him, which of the following decisions does he make?

A. Cassio must be killed

B. Iago is now lieutenant

C. He heard Cassio was plotting to overthrow othello

D. All the above

What is Emilia's relationship with lago?

She is his wife

What is Emilia's relationship with Desdemona?

She is her servant and friend

Othello compares his mind to ___ he has made a decision.

The Pontic Sea

True (T) or False (F) Irony is the opposite of what is expected. Therefore, when Othello claims that no witchcraft was used to win Desdemona's love, we don't expect him to claim the handkerchief was made by a witch and casts a spell on Desdemona.

True

Order of handkerchief

Othello gives to Desdemona. Emilia finds and gives to Iago who then gives to Cassio who gives to Bianca at end of Act 3

Which of the following epithets are used to describe lago?

A. Honest

B. Inhuman Dog

C. Pernicious caitiff (coward)

D. Demi-devil

E. All the above

Which of the following epithets are used to describe Othello?

Barbary Horse

Black Ram

Valiant Othello

All the above

Which of the following represent deception in the play?

Eyes/ seeing/ vision

Charms/ magic

The Turkish fleet attack Rhodes

All the above

According to Emilia, why do women cheat on men?

Faults of men

Read the following quotations and determine SPEAKER and MEANING.

"Tis not a year or two shows us a man. They are all but stomachs, and we are all but food; They eat us hungerly, and

when they are full, they belch us."

Emilia: Men show great interest in us when they want us, but once they fulfill their desires, they no longer pay us any attention.

Read the following quotations and determine SPEAKER and MEANING.

thou dull Moor, that handkerchief thou speak'st of I found by fortune, and did give my husband-For often, with

a solemn earnestness, he begged of me to steal't."

Emilia: You are so foolish! I found the handkerchief by accident and gave it to lago, who had begged me to take it!

Read the following quotations and determine SPEAKER and MEANING.

"Put out the light, and then put out the light."

Othello: I will extinguish the torch flame then kill Desdemona

Determine the form of IRONY in the following passages

Dramatic Irony

Cassio: "I know not neither. I found it in my chamber. / I like the work well...I would have it copied"

Determine the form of IRONY in the following passages

Verbal Irony

lago: "O world / To be direct and honest is not safe!"

Determine the form of IRONY in the following passages

Situational Irony

Othello: "Tis true. There's magic in the web of it. A Sybil that had numbered in the world / The sun to course two hundred compasses, / In her prophetic fury sewed the work"

Determine the form of IRONY in the following passages

Socratic Irony

lago: "Think, my lord?"

Match the term with the corresponding definition, description, or quotation

The "D'Oh!" or moment of knowing

Anagnorisis

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Error in judgment

Hamartia

Match the term with the corresponding definition, description, or quotation

The unraveling of the climax

Denouement

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Ludovico: "Myself will straight aboard, and to the state / This heavy act with heavy heart relate."

Restoration of Order

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The protagonist's weakness, which leads to hamartia

Tragic flaw

Match the term with the corresponding definition, description, or quotation

A flawed character whose fall from grace is steep and catastrophic

Tragic Hero

Othello’s final monologue is described as

His last words to honor Venice

When Othello states, "Of one that loved not wisely but too well," he implies that...

He had been irrational and emotional

When Othello states, "Speak of me as 1 am," Shakespeare's intention is likely...

To contrast Othello to Iago’s deceptive character