Fill in the gap: "So, so, so, so. They ＿＿＿＿＿ that wins." Othello, Act 4 Scene 1

Answer: "So, so, so, so. They laugh that wins."

Fill in the gap: "...the lusty Moor / Hath ＿＿＿＿＿ into my seat..." Iago, Act 2 Scene 1

Answer: "...the lusty Moor / Hath leapt into my seat..."

Fill in the gap: "The ＿＿＿＿＿ we do, their ills instruct us so." Emilia, Act 4 Scene 3

Answer: "The ills we do, their ills instruct us so."

Fill in the gap: "Of her own clime, ＿＿＿＿＿, and degree..." Iago, Act 3 Scene 3

Answer: "Of her own clime, complexion , and degree..."

Key quote: "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on." Iago, Act 3 Scene 3

Analysis Iago's famous metaphor for jealousy as a 'green-eyed monster' is ironic, because his warning is what plants the idea in Othello's mind.

Key quote: "They are not ever jealous for the cause, / But jealous for they're jealous." Emilia, Act 3 Scene 4

Analysis Emilia shows that jealousy is irrational and self-causing, needing no real reason to take hold.

Key quote: "It is a monster / Begot upon itself, born on itself." Emilia, Act 3 Scene 4

Analysis The metaphor of a monster that creates itself suggests jealousy is self-perpetuating and dehumanising.

Key quote: "Your son-in-law is far more fair than black." Duke, Act 1 Scene 3

Analysis The Duke means this as a compliment, but his juxtaposition of 'fair' and 'black' reveals the prejudice of Venetian society.

Key quote: "I think the sun where he was born / Drew all such humours from him." Desdemona, Act 3 Scene 3

Analysis Desdemona uses imagery of the sun to defend Othello, presenting his race as part of his virtue rather than a flaw.

Key quote: "...it comes o'er my memory / As doth the raven o'er the infectious house..." Othello, Act 4 Scene 1

Analysis The simile comparing his thoughts to a raven over a plague-house shows Othello's mind is infected by jealousy , and the raven foreshadows death.

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Othello (WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "So, so, so, so. They ＿＿＿＿＿ that wins."
Othello, Act 4 Scene 1

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Fill in the gap: "So, so, so, so. They ＿＿＿＿＿ that wins."
Othello, Act 4 Scene 1
Answer: "So, so, so, so. They laugh that wins."
Fill in the gap: "...the lusty Moor / Hath ＿＿＿＿＿ into my seat..."
Iago, Act 2 Scene 1
Answer: "...the lusty Moor / Hath leapt into my seat..."
Fill in the gap: "The ＿＿＿＿＿ we do, their ills instruct us so."
Emilia, Act 4 Scene 3
Answer: "The ills we do, their ills instruct us so."
Fill in the gap: "Of her own clime, ＿＿＿＿＿, and degree..."
Iago, Act 3 Scene 3
Answer: "Of her own clime, complexion, and degree..."
Key quote: "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on."
Iago, Act 3 Scene 3
Analysis
Iago's famous metaphor for jealousy as a 'green-eyed monster' is ironic, because his warning is what plants the idea in Othello's mind.
Key quote: "They are not ever jealous for the cause, / But jealous for they're jealous."
Emilia, Act 3 Scene 4
Analysis
Emilia shows that jealousy is irrational and self-causing, needing no real reason to take hold.
Key quote: "It is a monster / Begot upon itself, born on itself."
Emilia, Act 3 Scene 4
Analysis
The metaphor of a monster that creates itself suggests jealousy is self-perpetuating and dehumanising.
Key quote: "Your son-in-law is far more fair than black."
Duke, Act 1 Scene 3
Analysis
The Duke means this as a compliment, but his juxtaposition of 'fair' and 'black' reveals the prejudice of Venetian society.
Key quote: "I think the sun where he was born / Drew all such humours from him."
Desdemona, Act 3 Scene 3
Analysis
Desdemona uses imagery of the sun to defend Othello, presenting his race as part of his virtue rather than a flaw.
Key quote: "...it comes o'er my memory / As doth the raven o'er the infectious house..."
Othello, Act 4 Scene 1
Analysis
The simile comparing his thoughts to a raven over a plague-house shows Othello's mind is infected by jealousy, and the raven foreshadows death.

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