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A speech where the character is thinking aloud and alone.
A speech where the character is thinking aloud and yet others are on stage.
Othello’s first gift to Desdemona.
He was promoted to the position Iago wanted.
Position of second in charge to Othello.
Island that most of the play is set on.
City state that Desdemona and Iago come from.
Device where audience knows something the character doesn’t.
The green eyed monster.
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of…
Things are not what they seem.
Othello’s tragic flaw: his inability to …
Adjective used of Iago
Cassio’s weakness
Cassio’s girlfriend.
A word Desdemona can barely say
Desdemona’s lady in waiting and Iago’s wife.
Circumstantial evidence invented by Iago
Othello’s race
Two reasons Othello gives for his self doubt regarding Desdemona’s love
Imagery associated with Iago
Othello is vulnerable because he is an…
Othello’s rank in the army
The enemy Othello is sent to fight
A phrase coined by the poet and critic Coleridge to describe Iago’s inexplicable evil:
Motiveless Malignity
A phrase coined by critic G. Wilson Knight to describe the beauty of Othello’s language
prior to III iii Othello Music
Othello is accused of using this to win Desdemona
A gullible character being strung along by Iago.
“This would not be believed in Venice”
Meaning of the name Iago Supplanter – one who illegally takes the position of someone
else more powerful
Two examples of animal imagery used by Iago to describe Othello
“When devils will the blackest sins put on they do suggest at first with…”
Desdemona’s father
Term describing the way Othello is torn between believing Iago and believing
Desdemona
inner conflict, soliloquy, judge character, The Turk, outsider, heavenly shows, ass/ram, passion,
Emilia, Michael Cassio, Moor, hell and darkness, motiveless malignity, appearance versus reality,
whore, Cassio’s sleeptalking, the handkerchief, aside, Cyprus, dramatic irony, general, Coleridge,
Brabantio, the Globe, the Othello music, witchcraft, Othello slaps Desdemona, Roderigo, Venice,
light and dark, jealousy, the temptation scene, alcohol, Bianca, honest, Holy Writ, age/race,
deceiver, ancient
Carolyn Dwight, Otumoetai College, Tauranga