Othello Act 4 Scene 3
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- Created on: 29-04-21 14:45
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- Act 4 Scene 3: The Willow Scene
- Key moments
- Lodovico and Othello speak at the start of the scene
- Most of this scene is two women talking privately. Perhaps Shakespeare is showing that women almost have to be given permission to speak by having L + O on first
- Othello sends Desdemona to bed, D + E are left on stage
- Emilia wishes D never met O, D rebukes this
- Desdemona refers to her wedding sheets as a 'shroud'
- Desdemona's recalls her mother's made, Barbary, and the willow song
- The maid sang this song before she died, perhaps showing Desdemona is accepting she will die too
- D asks E if women do cheat, E says they do
- They do to make their husband a 'monarch' and that it is the husband's 'fault' if their wives cheat
- Desdemona does not agree with this and goes to bed
- They do to make their husband a 'monarch' and that it is the husband's 'fault' if their wives cheat
- Lodovico and Othello speak at the start of the scene
- Setting
- Most action so far has taken publicly, now it is private
- In D + O's bedroom
- D + E's convo is one of the most intimate moments in the play
- There has been a polarisation of the genders
- Friendship is more significant than romantic relationships
- Shows D is imprisoned
- She is now in the limited space of her bedroom
- Contrasts to the council chambers where she could move freely in Act 1
- She is now in the limited space of her bedroom
- E can only be outspoken in public
- Most action so far has taken publicly, now it is private
- Emilia's realism is shown in this scene
- She gives a realistic view of marriage
- The initial infatuation quickly disappears
- Personal betrayal?
- 'Pour our treasures into foreign laps'
- 'They strike us'
- Alludes to O striking D
- She gives voice to female perspective that has been silenced
- She gives a realistic view of marriage
- Key moments
- Willow song
- A mournful folk ballad
- Is her maid 'barbarys' song, alludes to Othello as 'barbary horse'
- Originally the song is from a male perspective but it Shakespeare change it to a male perspective
- In the final verse the speaker asserts their loyalty even though he has been betrayed
- This signals to us that D knows her future
- Act 4 Scene 3: The Willow Scene
- Key moments
- Lodovico and Othello speak at the start of the scene
- Most of this scene is two women talking privately. Perhaps Shakespeare is showing that women almost have to be given permission to speak by having L + O on first
- Othello sends Desdemona to bed, D + E are left on stage
- Emilia wishes D never met O, D rebukes this
- Desdemona refers to her wedding sheets as a 'shroud'
- Desdemona's recalls her mother's made, Barbary, and the willow song
- The maid sang this song before she died, perhaps showing Desdemona is accepting she will die too
- D asks E if women do cheat, E says they do
- They do to make their husband a 'monarch' and that it is the husband's 'fault' if their wives cheat
- Desdemona does not agree with this and goes to bed
- They do to make their husband a 'monarch' and that it is the husband's 'fault' if their wives cheat
- Lodovico and Othello speak at the start of the scene
- Setting
- Most action so far has taken publicly, now it is private
- In D + O's bedroom
- D + E's convo is one of the most intimate moments in the play
- There has been a polarisation of the genders
- Friendship is more significant than romantic relationships
- Shows D is imprisoned
- She is now in the limited space of her bedroom
- Contrasts to the council chambers where she could move freely in Act 1
- She is now in the limited space of her bedroom
- E can only be outspoken in public
- Most action so far has taken publicly, now it is private
- Emilia's realism is shown in this scene
- She gives a realistic view of marriage
- The initial infatuation quickly disappears
- Personal betrayal?
- 'Pour our treasures into foreign laps'
- 'They strike us'
- Alludes to O striking D
- She gives voice to female perspective that has been silenced
- She gives a realistic view of marriage
- Key moments
- Heightens pathos for D
- A mournful folk ballad
- In the final verse the speaker asserts their loyalty even though he has been betrayed
- This signals to us that D knows her future
- Significance
- Heightens pathos for D + E b4 murder scene
- Highlights unfairness of the inequality between men + women
- Setting creates a feeling of entrapment
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