Othello act 3 scene 3

?
  • Created by: Hanna Mc
  • Created on: 05-05-17 17:26
The quotes 'perdition' and 'chaos has come again' display what type of imagrey
Apocolyptic imagrey
1 of 11
'monster in his thought' - Explain
His thoughts are not his own, that he has someone manipulating his thoughts
2 of 11
What does 'men should be what they seen echo'?
'i am not what i am'
3 of 11
'the green eyed monster' - explain
It is a monster that commits Othellos villainous acts, not him, we almost exempt him from true blame
4 of 11
'exchange me for a goat' explain
Goats were first used as a metephor for sin in Matthew, but as time went on the goat was linked to Baphomet, a winged hermaphrodite goat who represented evil and is often connected to satanists to modern audience
5 of 11
In Othellos sililoquy he uses a semantic field of hawking imagrey with 'haggard', 'whistle her off' and untie the 'jesses' - Explain
Shows how Othello is losing control , this could be in the literal sense of Desdemona or could mean that he is loosing control of who he is
6 of 11
'Even then this forked plague is fated to us when we do quicken' - Explain
'forked plauge' means cuckolds horns showing how O if fully believing I. 'do quicken ' here also means 'are born' so O thinks that it was fated from birth
7 of 11
Othello begins to get a headache - explain
The revelation is effecting him emotionally and physically- hatred is beginning to consume his body.
8 of 11
'Let it alone' - Explain
The napkin was a symbol of his and Desdemona's marriage, he has now stopped caring about it
9 of 11
Animal imagrey - explain
Othello is turning into a animalistic, monsterous creature
10 of 11
'i am your own forever'
Ominous connotations implying the two mens fates are dependant on eachother
11 of 11

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

'monster in his thought' - Explain

Back

His thoughts are not his own, that he has someone manipulating his thoughts

Card 3

Front

What does 'men should be what they seen echo'?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

'the green eyed monster' - explain

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

'exchange me for a goat' explain

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar English Literature resources:

See all English Literature resources »See all Othello resources »