OTHELLO ACT 4 SCENE 3 Flashcards
1
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Summary
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- Desdemona and Emilia conversation
- Desdemona sings song and is naive
2
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Themes
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- Friendship
- Love
- Gender
3
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Importance
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Juxtaposition between Desdemona and Emilia; Desdemona’s naivity highlighted
4
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Links to tragedy
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- Tragic Victim
- Treat. of Women
5
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Where is there foreboding tension?
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- “Get you to bed on th’instant.”
- We know what Othello is planning to do
6
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Desdemona being painfully naive
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- “So would not I: my love doth so approve him/That even his stubborness- have grace and favour in them.”
- So full of love despite his cruelties
7
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What is the significance of Desdemona’s song and story
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- Story: sounds almost like a folk tale- like othello’s hankerchief
- Song: Sets up a mournful sad tone- foreshadows her death
8
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How does Shakespeare display juxtaposition between Emilia and Desdemona
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- “Wouldst thou do a deed for all the world.”
- “Why would not you?”
- Emilia has a wordly view, Desdemona has a idealised view.”
9
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2 Key Emilia quotes that show her pragmatism
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- “who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch.”
- “But I do think it is their husbands’ faults/If wives do fall.”
