justice Flashcards
(10 cards)
iago soliloquy after cassios drunk night out
“blackest sins… heavenly shows,”
aligns himself with the devil, intensifying the danger and fear- a symbol of the sort of volta of the play from a comedy into a tragedy, with iagos evilness acknowledged and in action
lodovico about iago
“where is that viper? bring the villian forth”
snakes being a more life threatening animal than spiders
zoomorphism reflecting escalation, devilish nature
and control of narrative (snakes suffocate and silence peoppe, and bite people with their venom)
snakes (serpent) brought down humanity in adam and eve
– reflecting the human nature of all the characters, repeating the same mistakes they had been taught again and again (temptation)
othello about iago
“i look down towards his feet; but thats a fable
- if that tho be’st a devil, i cannot kill thee”
allusion to the devil having goat feet
iago doesnt have the goat feet (obvious characteristic of the devil)
yet has the same affect on othello
“fable” - short and simple moral lesson, contrasted to the shakespearean tragedy he is in
iago after being caught
“from this time forth, i will never speak a word”
power of words and language
doesnt confess despite catholicism in italy
shows he is not even scared of god nor hell, making him more threatening as a villain
especially for contemporary audiences
also contrasts he gets a choice, where desdemona didnt get to say her last words
or a chance to pray
desdemona literally dying
“a guiltless death i die”
dies with her beliefs contrasting othellos death who experiences a death of identity and values before his physical death
also “guiltless death” reflecting her status as a martyr
the tragedy occuring afterwords due to her unjustified murder
othello is killing desdemona
“d: but while i say one prayer!
o: it is too late,
[he smothers her.]”
denies her confession, sentencing her to eternal damnation despite her innocence
would have outraged contemporary audiences
shows othellos rejection of gods teachings of forgiveness and confession, his complete submission to iago, and therefore the devil7
othello to desdemona
“[he strikes her]
desdemona; devil!”
complete juxtaposition to when he kissed her earlier in the play
continued tragedy of the women recognising the issue (somewhat) but being ignored
extended metaphor as iago as the devil - contaminating and corrupting othello
gent. 3 after arriving in cyprus
“desperate tempest hath so banged the turks”
“desperate tempest” pathetic fallacy- violent storms destroying the enemy
weather beating the turks, leading to anti climatic end of war, leaving soldiers as just men
(reference to spanish armada)
cassio to iago
“reputation, reputation, reputation! o, i have lost my reputation! i have lost the immortal part of myself and what remains is bestial”
reputation as a corruptive force, but also what forms identity in this period “what remains is bestial” – humanism
ironically unaware of the danger of telling iago literally anything
iago soliloquoy
“when devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows”
juxtaposition of sin vs heavens
and blackest (hidden / darkest) vs shows
how iago plans to manipulate using both kindness and anger / fight
