A* Othello Quotes A-level AQA B

how does Iago describe Cassio as a handsome man in his soliloquy

"He hath a person and a smooth dispose / To be suspected, framed to make women false"

A1S3

-Cassio is handsome, a courtly man, the type of man that Othello might believe Desdemona would be attracted to

-As it is a soliloquy, we have priviledged access to his thoughts and feelings

how does Roderigo describe his unrequited love torment

"It is silliness to live when to live is to torment"

A1S3

-he is tormented by his unrequited love for Desdemona, he feels as though he cannot live without her and is considering suicide

how does Iago describe Othello's trusting disposition

"The Moor is of a free and open nature, / That thinks men honest that but seem to be so"

A1S3

-Iago's soliloquy, Othello has a trusting disposition, Iago sees this as a weakness and sets out to exploit it

how does Cassio describe Desdemona in Act 2 Scene 1

"The Divine Desdemona"

how does Iago descibe the thought of Emilia having an affair with Othello

"the thought whereof / Doth - like a poisonous mineral - gnaw my inwards"

A2S1

-simile, Iago is speaking in soliloquy-comparing the thought of Emilia having an affair with Othello to the thought of taking poisin, suggests the thought causes him excrutiating pain and this gives him a strong motive for hating Othello and therefore seeking to take revenge against him

How is Othello's love for Desdemona shown

describes her as a "sweeting"A2S3-term of endearment, the way he describes her later on contrasts this sharply

How does Iago suggest he wants Othello to suffer from sexual jealousy

"I'll pour pestilence into his ear" A2S3-pestilence= the plague, a deadly disease. A metaphor -Iago seems to be suggesting that he is suffering from a disease of sexual jealousy and he is seeking to infect Othello, he succeeds in doing so -the disease of sexual jealousy proves to be deadly for Othello, Desdemona, Emilia and Roderigo

how is it shown Iago takes delight in his planhe says

he says "Pleasure and action make the hours seem short" A2S3-Iago can be seen to be taking delight in his plans to take revenge against Othello

how does the duke describe Othello

"Valiant Othello"

A1S3

how does Othello describe Iago when he sends him with Desdemona

"A man he is of honesty and trust"

Dramatic Irony

A1S3

how does Iago describe Venetian wives

"In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks / They dare not show their husband" A3S3-Iago is referring to the stereotype of the unfaithful venetian wife

how does Emilia reder to the importance of the handkercheif for Desdemona

"This was her first rememberance from the Moor" A3S3

how does Emilia describe why she takes the handkerchief

"My wayward husband hath a hundred times / Wooed me to steal it" A3S3-hyperbole

how does Emilia show she wants to fufill Iago's desires

"I nothing but to please his fantasy"A3S3-Emilia suggesting she is nothing to Iago but someone who is there to fufill his every desire

how does Othello describe his pain of the thought of Desdemona having an affair with Cassio

"thou hast set me on the rack"A3S3 -rack= torture devise that was much feared-metaphor, Othello is suggesting that the thought of Desdemona having an affair with Cassio causes him excrutiating pain -In A3S3 Othello starts to suffer from the thought that she is having an affair with Cassio, suffers with this until A5S2

what does Cassio 'allegedly' say when asleep next to Iago

' "Sweet Desdemona, / Let us be wary, let us hide our loves" ' A3S3 -Iago tells Othello he heard Cassio talking in his sleep, and he says 3 things that he heard Cassio saying, and all of these things seem to be incriminating, all seem to suggest Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona -Othello believes him, they are comrades in arms, they have entrusted their lives to eachother on the battle field many times

how does Rory Kinnear describe Othello and Iago's relationship

"abnormally strong bond between them"

how does Iago lie to Othello about the handkerchief"

"but such a handkerchief - / I am sure it was your wife's - did I today / See Cassio wipe his beard with" A3S3

how does Othello describe how his love has turned to hate

"Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted thrown / To tyrannous hate!" A3S3-metaphor from this point forward Othellos actions are going to be guided not by love but rather by tyrannous hate

how does Othello describe Desdemona "L M"

"lewd minx"A3S3-dramatic irony

how does Othello describe Desdemona "T F D"

"the fair devil"A3S3-dramatic irony, oxymoronic image -fair: beautiful -Othello's belief that Desdemona is beautiful but sinful, Othello still has an appreciation for her beauty

what is Act 3 Scene 3

The Temptation Scene

how does Bianca refer the handkerchief first

"this is some token from a newer friend"A3S4-Bianca feels sexual jealousy, Cassio gives Bianca the handkerchief because he likes it and thinks that whoever owns it will want it back and so he asks Bianca to copy it and she agrees to do so and then later changes her mind -Bianca believes it was a gift to Cassio by a woman with whom he is having an affair

how does Cassio describe Bianca

"the bauble" -bauble: worthless trifle -she means nothing to him, Cassio treats Bianca badly, she is inlove with him but he is not inlove with her

how does Bianca refer to the handkerchief in the overhearing scene

"this is some minx's token"A4S1-Bianca feels sexual jealousy -Bianca storms in and gives the handkerchief back to Cassio as she has changed her mind about having it copied, and she believes it is a love token given to him by a woman with whom he is having an affair -this means that Othello sees the handkerchief in Cassio's possession

what is the significance of the handkerchief

-in A5S2, just before Othello murders Desdemona, he refers to the handkerchief 3 times, and after he murders Desdemona he refers to the handkerchief 2 times -so the handkerchief becomes for Othello the most important clue, as far as he is concerned, for Desdemona's infidelity -Cassio asks Emilia to steal Desdemona's handkerchief because it was given as a love token to Desdemona but also because of the cultural significance of handkercheif's in renaissance europe -if a woman's handkerchief was found in the possession of a man of whom she wasn't married, it was considered proof of adultery

how does Iago refer to Cassio having the handkerchief to Othello

"She gave it him, and he hath giv'n it his *****" A4S1-Iago suggesting Desdemona has given her handkerchief to Cassio, and Cassio has given it to Bianca

how does Othello describe murdering Desdemona in her bed

"the justice of it pleases"A4S1-Othello has the idea of murdering Desdemona in the bed in which she has been having sex with Cassio (in his mind)

Desdemona's love for Cassio before Othello hits her

"the love I bear to Cassio" A4S1-Othello believes that Desdemona is mocking him, after she says this, he strikes her and calls her a devil, calls her a devil twice

how is Othello cruel to Desdemona pretending not to recognise her

"that cunning ***** of Venice / That married with Othello"A4S2-Othello's cruelty, Othello pretends not to recognise Desdemona and then he seems as if he is going to forgive her, but then he doesn't and offers violence -example of his cruelty

how is Iago's jealousy of Cassio presented

"he hath daily beauty in his life / That makes me ugly"A5S1-metaphor, expressing he is jealous of everything Cassio is-soliloquy

Roderigo's hatred for Iago when dying

describes him as an "inhuman dog"A5S1-in his dying words, metaphor

how does Desdemona describe Othello in her dying words

"my kind lord" A5S2

how does Iago describe Emilia towards the end

"villanious *****"A5S2

how does Emilia describe Othello once Desdemona is dead " M C "

"murd'rous coxcom"A5S2-coxcom: a fool -Othello has gone from being valiant to this

how does Othello describe Iago once he has realised who he is

a "precious villain"A5S2-Othello has realised he is a villian and attacks him-Othello has had his moment of agnorisis, his fatal mistake was to trust Iago, and to believe that Desdemona was having an affair with Cassio-Othello makes this mistake in A3S3, "now do I see its true"

how does Emilia describe Othello after desdemona is dead " C M "

a "cruel Moor" A5S2

how does Lodovico describe Iago " T V "

"that viper" A5S2-metaphor, perfect description of Iago

how does Othello describe himself in A5S2

"An honourable murderer"A5S2-Othello cant bring himself to admit the truth about himself

how does Othello describe himself again in A5S2

"For nought I did in hate, but all in honour" A5S2-this is not the truth, "tyrannous hate", this is a direct contrast and he cannot bring himself to admit the truth about himself

how does Lodovico describe Iago's punishment

"If there be any cunning cruelty / That can torment him much and hold him long / It shall be his"A5S2-Iago's punishment is to be tortured to death, poetic justice, Iago has made Othello victim to cunning cruelty throughout the play, therefore poetic justice that he is being subjected to cunning cruelty himself

how does Lodovico describe Iago "S D"

a "Spartan dog" A5S2-metaphor, a viscous dog

how does Lodovico describe Iago "M F T A H O T S"

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