Othello A03

Question 1

Military society:

Answer 1

Reputation and reward system, hierarchy, encouraged self-centred and immoral behaviour, masculinity

Question 2

Importance of the setting transition

Answer 2

Venetian society is orderly, law-abiding, and formal… Cyprus is far less secure

Question 3

Cuckolding

Answer 3

Is an offensive gesture saying to a man that their wife has been sleeping around and that he is unaware of his wife’s infidelity and he would only figure it out through the arrival of a baby that is not his.

Question 4

The setting of Venice

Answer 4

At the time of the place Venice was its own kingdom stereotypically associated with violence, treachery and sexual decadence. Venice as a city had built a reputation as a city of wealth, sophistication, and loose morals.

Question 5

The setting of Cyprus

Answer 5

In contrast to Venice, Cyprus is a fortified island with a heavy military presence due to threats of invasion of the Turkish. Cyprus is a more lawless place than Venice.