Roderigo Flashcards
biggest incel on planet earth if he comes up in a question ill die (8 cards)
How is Roderigo presented in the play?
Roderigo is the lovesick dupe and companion of Iago, who lusts after Desdemona to the point of dauntless desperation. Roderigo’s lack of masculinity and social standing is taken advantage of by Iago who promises him the world (which in this case is Desdemona) which causes him to be led astray. He is the opposite of a typical Renaissance man.
“Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly
That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse
As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this.”
Roderigo, Act 1 Scene 1
AO1: Exclamative structure, expletive language, in medias res
AO2: The play begins with an expletive, setting the standard for the tragedy and showing how Roderigo is aware of the predatory nature of Iago
AO5: Nuttal - “emotional disturbance” in complience
“the gross clasps of a lascivious moor”
Roderigo, Act 1 Scene 1
AO1: Derogatory tone
AO2: Roderigo
“My name is Roderigo.”
Roderigo, Act 1 Scene 1
AO1: Simple declarative sentence
AO2: Shows Roderigo’s lack of a social standing
AO3: The importance of reputation in the Renaissance
“What say’st thou, noble heart?”
Iago, Act 1 Scene 3
AO1: Homo-romantic undertones
AO2: Addresses Roderigo with more tenderness than his own wife (“good wench!”)
AO3: Same-sex relationships were common practice in Mediterranean areas such as Florence or Spain.
AO3: Honnigman “essential sadism” and Iago’s manipulative nature
“I will incontinently drown myself.”
Roderigo, Act 1 Scene 3
AO1: Dramatic declarative sentence
AO2: Roderigo’s emotional outbursts and lack of control feminises him (fickle)
AO5: Leavis - “self-dramatising”, Roderigo mirrors Othello with his dramatic antics
“Every day thou daffest me with some device, Iago; and rather, as it seems to me now, keepest from me all conveniency than suppliest me with the least advantage of hope. I will indeed no longer endure it, nor am I yet persuaded to put up in peace what already I have foolishly suffered.”
Roderigo, Act 4 Scene 2
AO1: Prose
AO2: Roderigo’s cusp of a realisation about Iago, he threatens him for the first time
“Nobody come? then shall I bleed to death.”
Roderigo, ???
AO1: Interrogative structure
AO2: Lack of masculinity and effeminate nature
AO3: What makes a typical Renaissance man?
