Othello ACT 1 (quotes)
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- Created on: 21-11-18 20:48
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- ACT 1
- scene 1
- Iago: I follow him to serve my turn upon him...I am not what I am.
- Iago's second soliloquy reveals he is only out for himself, the entire basis of the play - OMNISCIENT OBSERVATION
- Brabantio: What tell'st thou me of robbing? This is Venice..
- Sophisticated cosmopolitan city - clear distinction between Venice and Cyprus
- Iago: I follow him to serve my turn upon him...I am not what I am.
- scene 2
- Iago (to Othello): Nay, but he prated,/and spoke such scurvy and provoking terms/ Against your honour.
- Our first introduction to othello is tainted w the knowledge that Iago is dishonest - clear tragic plan begins to unfold. ANTAGONY.
- Othello: I fetch my life and being from men of royal siege;/proud fortune...I have reached/ I love the gentle Desdemona,
- Confidence shown in his sristocratic heritage, a way to prove his worth. Connotations of true love/ adoration, refers to D as a treasure. epithet 'gentle' shows belief in her fidelity.
- Othello: my parts, my title, my perfect soul/ Shall manifest me rightly
- HUBRIS. dramatic irony? in the end, his 'perfect soul' is destroyed by tragedy.
- Brabantio: ...thou has enchanted her...thou hast practised on her with foul charms/ abuse of her delicate youth...an abuser of the world, a practiser of arts inhibited.
- Connotations of dark magic, paints Othello as a sorcerer - historical context of hysteric witchcraft belief in King James' England.
- Iago (to Othello): Nay, but he prated,/and spoke such scurvy and provoking terms/ Against your honour.
- scene 3
- Senator 1: to keep us in false gaze
- foreshadows Iago's plot. link to the setting of cyprus - distance from reality
- Othello: And bade me, if I had a fried that loved her,/ I should but teach him how to tell my story.
- infers that D initiated the relationship, dramatic irony as Othello's jealousy is his undoing.
- Iago: put money in they purse
- repetition, comedic theme of oblivity. D is refered to as a jewel - are they referring to R's love for her?
- Senator 1: to keep us in false gaze
- scene 1
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