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Themes and
Symbols
Basic Facts Quote ID
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Characters 10
• Who is responsible for Desdemona’s
handkerchief going missing?
Characters 10
• Emilia
Characters 20
• Who, besides Othello, is in love with
Desdemona?
Characters 20
• Roderigo
Characters 30
• What military position does Othello hold?
Characters 30
• General
Characters 40
• Who begins the play upset that
Desdemona has “deceived” him? Provide
the name.
Characters 40
• Brabantio
Characters 50
• Who is the Governor of Cyprus?
Characters 50
• Montano
Plot 10
How does Othello prove his innocence to
the Duke when Brabantio accuses him of
witchcraft?
Plot 10
He tells the Duke that Desdemona fell in
love with him because of the stories he
told and the life he lived
Plot 20
• List 2 reasons Iago gives for hating Othello
Plot 20
Giving Cassio the lieutenancy, possibly
sleeping with Emilia, Iago may like
Desdemona, hatred due to race
Plot 30
• What is the name of the song Desdemona
sings before she dies?
Plot 30
• A song of Willow
Plot 40
• What advice does Iago give Cassio when
he loses his lieutenancy?
Plot 40
• He tells Cassio to speak to Desdemona to
convince him to reinstate him.
Plot 50
• What kind of proof does Othello ask Iago
to get for him to prove Desdemona is
cheating on him?
Plot 50
• The Ocular Proof
Themes and Symbols 10
• What item does Othello interpret as a
symbol of Desdemona’s faithfulness?
Themes and Symbols 10
• handkerchief
Themes and Symbols 20
• What is the irony of the black and white
imagery?
Themes and Symbols 20
Othello is “black” but good while Iago is “white”
but bad (his soul is black)
Themes and Symbols 30
How is the animal motif most commonly used
in the play?
Themes and Symbols 30
It is often used in reference to Othello
to prove that he is viewed as inferior or
barbaric.
Themes and Symbols 40
How does the motif of blindness work in
the play?
Themes and Symbols 40
Everyone in the play, besides Iago, is blind to
his dishonesty and evil intentions.
Themes and Symbols 50
When Othello says “put out the light” what is
he referring to?
Themes and Symbols 50
The life of Desdemona, the light of his
life, his one true love. Also, literally,
he is blowing out the candles.
Basic Facts 10
Who is the first to realize, in Act V, that
Iago was responsible for Desdemona’s
death?
Basic Facts 10
Emilia
Basic Facts 20
• What crime does Brabantio charge Othello
with before the Venetian counsel?
Basic Facts 20
• Bewitching his daughter
Basic Facts 30
•What nation threatens the
Venetian stronghold at Cyprus?
Basic Facts 30
• Turkey
Basic Facts 40
• What does Othello remark was used to
dye the handkerchief?
Basic Facts 40
• blood from virgins’ hearts
Basic Facts 50
• How does Iago describe jealousy?
Basic Facts 50
• “the green-eyed monster”
Quote ID 10
• “I am not what I am.”
Quote ID 10
• Iago
Quote ID 20
• “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to
see: / She has deceived her father, and
may thee.”
•
Quote ID 20
• Brabantio
Quote ID 30
• “Demand me nothing. What you know,
you know. / From this time forth I never will
speak word.”
Quote ID 30
• Iago
Quote ID 40
• “I have very poor and unhappy brains for
drinking.”
Quote ID 40
• Cassio
Quote ID 50
• “If virtue no delighted beauty lack, your
son-in-law is far more fair than black.”
Quote ID 50
• The Duke