Act 5

Question 1

‘If Cassio do remain/ he hath a daily beauty in his life/ that makes me ugly’

Answer 1

Themes: jealousy
Iago’s jealousy of Cassio was one of the main drivers for his plan and thus destroying Othello is not enough he also must destroy Cassio for he knows they are both better men than him

Question 2

‘This is the night that either makes me, or forbodes me quite’

Answer 2

Themes: Iago’s manipulation
This is one of the moments of Iago’s self awareness and also puts the audience in a sense of danger as they are also in on the plan so they are not only worried for the fate of Othello and Desdemona but ironically also the fate of the villain, Iago

Question 3

My dear Cassio, my sweet Cassio, O Cassio, Cassio Cassio!’

Question 4

‘O notable Strumpet’/‘I do suspect this trash’

Question 5

I am no strumpet, but of life as honest/ As you that thus abuse me.

Question 6

‘O fie upon thee, strumpet!’

Question 7

‘Think on thy sins/ they are the loves I bare for you’

Question 8

‘Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body’

Question 9

‘Look on the tragic loading of this bed/ this is thy work. The objects poisons sight’

Question 10

‘She’s like a liar gone to burning hell’/’She turned to folly; and she was a whore.’

Question 12

‘What are you made? Charge thee home’