Unrequited love in Othello
- Created by: shannonboulton
- Created on: 05-04-17 11:02
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- Unrequited Love In Othello:
- Cassio+Bianca
- ''But that you do not love me. I pray you, bring me on the way a little, and say if I shall see you soon at night''
- Bianca is jealous at this moment, and feels upset as Cassio doesn't feel the same towards her
- ''And think it no addition, nor my wish, to have him see me womaned''
- Cassio explaining how he doesn't want Othello to see him with another woman/prostitute. Shows unrequited love as he doesn't want to be seen out with her-embarrassed
- Context- Women, especially prostitutes, viewed as inferior to men and temporary/used for desires rather than love
- Cassio explaining how he doesn't want Othello to see him with another woman/prostitute. Shows unrequited love as he doesn't want to be seen out with her-embarrassed
- ''I was a fine fool to take it'' - Bianca talking about the Handkerchief, recognises that Cassio uses her, and she's a 'fool' as he doesn't love her the same
- ''This is some minx's token, and I must take out the work?'' - Bianca shows jealousy as she thinks Cassio has another woman other than her
- ''If you'll come to supper tonight, you may. If you will not, come when you are next prepared for'' - talking about prostitution and accepts that Cassio has the choice/control whether he chooses her or not
- ''I marry her? What! A customer!'' - Cassio doesn't have permanent intentions with her, just perceives her as work, not love. 'Customer' means a ****.
- ''She loves me'' - shows Cassio knows that Bianca loves him but he does not return this, and still uses her
- ''But that you do not love me. I pray you, bring me on the way a little, and say if I shall see you soon at night''
- Shakespeare is trying to represent how women were inferior to men, and how men didn't typically love, but cared more about their work. Once a woman was married, they were possessed by their husband to fulfil the housewife duty
- Othello + Desdemona
- ''get me some poison, Iago, this night. I'll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty un provide my mind again'' -Othello wants to murder Desdemona, so unrequited love, however, still shows an element of love because her beauty can change his mind
- 'Why did I marry'' unrequited love as he regrets his marriage (Iago's manipulation).
- 'she's gone, I am abused and my relief must be to loathe her' - hate her. Othello thinks that Desdemona has been unfaithful so its unrequited love from his perspective, which has caused him pain
- ''I hope you will not kill me'' - Unrequited love as Othello is going to murder his wife, but Desdemona's only 'sins' are 'loves I [Desdemona] bare to you [Othello]''.
- ''O perjured woman! Thou dost stone my heart... a murder, which I thought a sacrifice''- unrequited love as Othello felts Desdemona did not love him, but now she feels the same as his feelings slightly chaned
- ''Not dead? Not yet quite dead? I that am cruel am yet merciful'' - not entirely unrequited love, as Othello does not want Desemona to suffer, and is only doing it for the good of everyone as she supposedly cheated.
- Iago and Emilia
- Cassio+Bianca
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