ACT 5 SCENE 2 Flashcards
“Put out the light, and then put out the light again”
Othello
Imagery of hope, O has the last chance to restore hope without the presence of I to influence him
HE KISSES HER
Stage direction
While she’s asleep
Intimate moment is when he decides, he does want to love her but cant
“I will kill thee and love thee after”
Othello
Will love D after she is dead, he can reconstruct the narrative where is loves her for his ideal wife, not true love
“I would not kill thy unprepared spirit”
Othello
Giving D the opportunity to pray as he wants her to go to heaven but also admit her sins
“And mak’st me call what I intend to do/ A murder, which I thought a sacrafise”
Othello
Trying to make himself noble, justifying his unlawful actions
“Alas, he is betray’d, and I undone”
Desdemona
If he has betrayed her then she and their marriage are ruined
“Not Cassio kill’d Then murder’s out of tune”
Othello
He then decides he shouldn’t kill her yet, this contemplation shows the end of their love, willing t make her suffer
“O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!”
Emilia
parallel, marriage is fated to end
SHAKESPEAR WOMEN DIASSAPERA INTO SUBMISSION, MADNESS OR SUICIDE
Eliene Newman
“Tis proper I obey him, but not now… I will ne’er go home!”
Emilia
Rebellion and defiance
IAGO DRAWS HIS SWORD AND THREATENS EMILIA
Stage Direction
“At the end of the play, is it Emilia who uncovers Iago’s plot, Othello’s enlightenment comes through her”
“From this time forth I never will speak word”
Iago
Final victory
Embraces silence that denies us and others catharsis
“Of one that lov’d not wisely, but too well”
love is responsible
HE STABS HIMSELF
Stage Direction
becoming a hero again, being noble and removing the threat
