Ohello - Act one, Scene one - Flashcards in A Level and IB English Literature

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Created on: 17-10-19 17:37

where did thoust see her? (oh unhappy girl)

- language is fractured - mirrors broken state of mind - authroity is subverted - instead of directing social inferiors Brabantio is acting in response to them

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call upon her father...poison his delight

imperatives illustrate Iagos control over Roderigo - Iagos use of metaphors asscoiates him with corruption - Shakespeare has begun to prepare us for the poisoning of Othellos mind

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i am not what i am

revelas his capacity to hide his feelings and emotions so that his actions dont reveal them - inversion of gods line, aligning Iago with the devil - themes of appearance vs reality

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now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe

repitition adds emphasis - derogatory langauge - animalistic imagery (freq. used by Iago) - reinforces ideas of unnatural match - imagery tells us more of Iagos character than Othellos, aware of his hate making him untrustworthy

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Does the division of battle knows more than a spinster

deeming him as spinster he is questioning his manhood - implys that as real men know how to fight real women now how to have sex - Othello has gone against natural order by appointing cassio in Iagos POV

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To the gross clasps of a lascivious moor

As if Desdemona is trapped in Othello's sexual grasp - Moor's known to be sexual predators - Brabantio would be aware of this - Brabantios social position undermined

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serve my term upon him

Iago confirming that he is only out forr himself - he criticises people who are loyal to their boss, trying to suggest his thirst for revenge is justified

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who hast has my purse

questions how long Iago has been caapatalizing on Iagos gull - audience grants sense of pity ro Roderigo - ROD seems to be weak

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made a gross revolt

disrupted natural order - chaos will ensue

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awake! what ho brabantio! theives, theives, theives!

patriachal society saw the objectification of women

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imperatives illustrate Iagos control over Roderigo - Iagos use of metaphors asscoiates him with corruption - Shakespeare has begun to prepare us for the poisoning of Othellos mind

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call upon her father...poison his delight

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revelas his capacity to hide his feelings and emotions so that his actions dont reveal them - inversion of gods line, aligning Iago with the devil - themes of appearance vs reality

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Ohello - Act one, Scene one