racial and sexual injustice, which is more powerful now in the 21st century than it could ever have been at the dawn of the 17th.
What evidence does Ryan provide to substantiate this view?
The fact that they are obliged to elope makes the illicit nature of their relationship in the eyes of Venice immediately clear.
What does Ryan believe is Brabantio's main fear regarding Othello and Desdemona's relationship?
that the foundations of society are rocked by the interracial union. this is seen to be more influencial than the violation of his honour as Desdemona’s father.
Which quotations are used to demonstrate that characters 'speech is infected with contempt for "the Moor"?
‘Even now, now, very now, an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe’ (1.1.88–9)
‘the thick-lips’ (1.1.66)
‘Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom / Of such a thing as thou’ (1.2.70–1)
‘If virtue no delighted beauty lack, / Your son-in-law is far more fair than black’ (1.3.289–90)
‘I saw Othello’s visage in his mind’ (1.3.252)
‘Haply, for I am black, / And have not those soft parts of conversation / That chamberers have’ (3.3.263–5)
‘Her name, that was as fresh / As Dian's visage, is now begrim'd and black / As mine own face’ (3.3.386–8)
What type of jealousy is shown to be the 'rule' in Venice?
sexual jealousy
What item does Ryan believe links the three couples?
the handkerchief
Why does Ryan believe Iago is so successful in making Othello believe that Desdemona has been unfaithful?
Othello is primed to believe it by the warped view of women and female sexuality that he shares not only with Iago but with other men.
Which two quotations does Ryan use to show this to be true?
- ‘did deceive her father, marrying you’ (3.3.206)
- ‘Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see; / She has deceived her father, and may thee’ (1.3.292-3).
Summarise why Ryan believes that Iago DOES NOT possess 'motiveless malignity'.
Iago's Control Over The Play
How many lines do Othello and Iago have?
othello has 880 lines
iago has 1088 lines
What is 'unusual' about this fact?
this is unusual because it is strange to give such an anti hero such prominace
Soliloquies
What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?a speech delivered directly to the audience, with no other characters on stage
What does the author believe is significant about how Shakespeare allocates these to both Iago and Othello?
because it creates a bond between the character and the audience. In the case of iago it makes the audience somehow feel part of it. the importamce of this in the play othello is that we as the audience already know what is going to happen as iago has already told us what he will do.
A Study In Vilany
What is significant to the author about Iago's lines in Act1 Scene 3?
'cassio's a proper man: let me see now;
to get his place, and to plume up my will
in double knavery - how, how?-lets see:
shows his brain working and hatching a plan.
this gives us the assumption that Shakespeare wanted to spend time examining the nature of villainy, which he does by focusing a lot of the play on iago and voicing his opinions in soliloquy's.
What is unusual about the final act?
iago has no soliloquys
Words As Weapons
What does the author notice about Iago and Roderigo's interactions?
although roderigo has a
Verse and Prose - Iago's Insincere Sincerity
At what points in the play does Block believe that Shakespeare uses prose intentionally?
Why does the author believe that verse reflects our true feelings?
What does the author believe is significant about Iago's use of iambic pentameter?
Which quotations are used to show a weak strong rhythm in the play?
The Terrifying Power of Language
What does the author believe is Iago's final insult
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