‘Tis proper I obey him, but not now
Must be something serious that a woman is disobeying her husband in this time period.
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She was false as water
That is a Shakespearean Insult
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This is the nightThat either makes me or fordoes me quite
Such a powerful line
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All’s one. Good faith, how foolish are our minds!If I do die before thee prithee, shroud meIn one of those same sheets
Nothing but foreshadow for both of them
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The Moor’s abused by some most villanous knave
Iago called Cassio a villanous Knave earlier on
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Whilst you were here o’erwhelmed with your grief—A passion most unsuiting such a man
I love how Iago causes Othello to commit these actions than proceeds to make fun of him for reacting that way.
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Othello. Give me your hand: this hand is moist, my lady.Desdemona. It yet hath felt no age nor known no sorrow
This feels like an indirect metaphor comparing her smooth hand that has known no hard work and her nature that has shown no evil
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I warrant it grieves my husband,As if the case were his.
At first I thought that Emilia was in on Iago's plan and that she was betraying Desdemona and that this line was hypocritical, but after reading the ending I it became clear that she was as naive as everyone else.
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A Florentine more kind and honest
The reminder of where they are really from. Shakespeare is playing with knowledge of the people who witnessed this play back when it first premiered because at that time, Florence and Venice hated each other and were constantly at war.
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She that was ever fair and never proud,Had tongue at will and yet was never loud,Never lack’d gold and yet went never gay,Fled from her wish and yet said ‘Now I may,’She that being anger’d, her revenge being nigh,940Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly,She that in wisdom never was so frailTo change the cod’s head for the salmon’s tail;She that could think and ne’er disclose her mind,See suitors following and not look behind,945She was a wight, if ever such wight were
What Iago says to desdemona feels like he is teasing her and her response makes me believe he says this to build more of his fake reputation by seeming playful.
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Cyprus
I wonder why Shakespeare would choose Cyprus and war with the Turks as the background conflict even though there were other conflicts that could of fit with this story.
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Michael Cassio, a Florentine
First mention of Cassio's first name. Why is he the only character presented with a first and last name? Why is he a Florentine? Why make him and Iago from Florence while half the characters are from Venice?
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Come, stand not amazed at it, but go along with3010me; I will show you such a necessity in his deaththat you shall think yourself bound to put it onhim
I hate Iago's character but you can't deny how genius he is in manipulating all the characters.
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I have looked upon the world for fourtimes seven years
Shakespeare tells us Iago's specific age of 28, Why would he reveal this info about only Iago and no one else?
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Michael
First time mention of Cassio's first name. Notice how each character's name is either a first name, a last name, or just their occupation but for Cassio, shakespeare mentions a first and last name. Why did he do this and is the name Michael in reference to the Angel Michael? The angel known for battling good and evil and being the general.
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Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:She has deceived her father, and may thee
I think that this line can be described as an indirect foreshadow of future events. Othello in the end believes that Desdemona betrayed him even though we the audience know what really went on.
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Reputation is an idle and most falseimposition: oft got without merit, and lost withoutdeserving
This is another example of Iago's hypocrisy. He tries to comfort Cassio by saying that reputations useless and are not based on merit so he doesn't have to worry that his reputation is ruined while his whole plan is based on manipulating opinions using tarnished reputations as the key component.
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the Spoils of Battle
The region and history of Babylonia is reflected by constant warfare between warring city-states, so it is no surprise that this fact may have influenced the creation of this story.
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