Othello - Desdemona

Question 1

Paragon of Christian virtue

Answer 1

• “A maiden never bold; of spirit so still and quiet that her motion blushed at herself”
• “The divine Desdemona”
• “O, my fair warrior!”
• “she’s full of most blessed condition”
• “She is a most exquisite lady”
• “For if she be not honest, chaste, and true, There’s no man happy”

Question 2

Desdemona as responsible for her demise

Answer 2

• “My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty”
• “Come, how wouldst thou praise me?” / “How if she be black and witty?”
• “If it were now to die, ‘Twere now to be most happy”/ “our loves and comforts should increase even as our days do grow”
• “Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do all my abilities in thy behalf”
• “she drops it”
• “my noble Moor is true of mind, and made of no such baseless as jealous creatures are”
• “Nay, we must think men are not gods”

Question 3

Prioritises love

Answer 3

• “If it were now to die, ‘Twere now to be most happy”/ “our loves and comforts should increase even as our days do grow”
• “That death’s unnatural that kills for loving”