A2S1 Key quotes

Question 1

How does Shakespeare introduce the idea of setting foreshadowing events

Answer 1

‘a fuller blast ne’er shook our battlements’

Question 2

How does Cassio describe Desdemona like a goddess (3)

Answer 2

• ‘divine Desdemona’
• ‘our great captain’s captain’
• ‘hail to thee lady’

Question 3

How does Desdemona stand up to Iago

Answer 3

‘Fie upon thee slanderer’

Question 4

What is the purpose of Iago’s asides this scene (2)

Answer 4

To inform the audience of his plotting and make them complicit
- ‘with as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio’
- ‘I’ll set down the pegs that make this music’

Question 5

How is Othello shown to be naive in his loving of Desdemona

Answer 5

‘I fear my soul hath her content so absolute’

Question 6

How do Desdemona and Othello greet each other

Answer 6

‘my fair warrior’ - O
‘my dear Othello’ - D

Question 7

How does Iago spin a tale to convince Roderigo of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness (2)

Answer 7

• ‘her eye must be fed’
• Cassio has ‘all which the Moor is defective in’

Question 8

Name three key quotes from Iago’s final soliloquiy in this scene

Answer 8

• ‘I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leapt into my seat’
• ‘I’ll have our Michael Cassio on the hip’
• ‘make the Moor thank me for making him egregiously an ass’