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Othello Act 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| And many... | And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, all guiltless, meet reproach." - Iago 4.1 (explaining innocent + respectable women are often wrongly accused of being unfaithful. He is manipulating Othello into believing that Desdemona is guilty) |
| Iago, the... | O, lago, the pity of it, Iago! - Othello 4.1 (expresses his sorrow over the situation with Desdemona, believing that she has betrayed him. Irony - Desdemona is innocent + Iago is responsible for his suffering. shows successness of Iagos manipulation.) |
| My love... | Do it not with poison. Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.-Othello 4.1(decides Desdemona should be strangled rather than poisoned- dishonoured marriage bed through adultery.contaminated=shes been polluted,Ironic- shes innocent) |
| The fixed... | The fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow and moving finger at.-Othello 4.2(Desdemonas infidelity= feel hes an object of ridicule. imagines himself as a permanent target of humiliation. reveals insecurity about reputation+affect of lies) |
| O, ay-as... | O, ay-as summer flies are in the shambles,That quicken even with blowing.O thou weed, Who art so lovely fair, and smell'st so sweet That the sense aches at thee would thou hadst ne'er been born-Othello4.2 Jealousy destorts his view of her beauty+innocence |