However, she soon becomes suspicious of him, having initially thought that he would use it for evil intentions. She initially plays a subservient role, believing that it will earn her respect from her husband since he desires it.

“If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself!I’ll not believe’t.”Įmilia gives Iago the handkerchief, dramatic device. Quote to suggest that Othello quickly snaps out of his crude thoughts upon seeing Desdemona… That Iago is a person of “exceeding honesty”= great levels of dramatic ironyIf he does prove Desdemona to have cheated on him he will let he go and forget about it// he downgrades Desdemona as describing her as a “haggard”, thus wild.He recognises that he is far older then Desdemona and negatively presents the act of marriageHe torments himself, suggesting that he does not bear an emotional side to the relationship because of his race”Haply, for I am blackAnd have not those soft parts of conversation.””O, curse of marriage! That we can call these delicate creatures ours/ And not their appetites.”To compensate for this he suggest that this only occurs to those that are great “Yet ’tis the plague of great ones.”Demonstrating his excessive pride, hubris and the factor that he recognises his own nobility. What does Othello suggest in his soliloquy? “This honest creature doubtess/ Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds.”=Othello gains a sense of respect for Iago due to what he supposedly knows about the affair “I am bound to thee for ever.”Act 3, Scene 3Īfter questioning why he married, what does Othello say about Iago? “Look to your wife observe her well with Cassio.” Give the first time Othello explicitly mentions Cassio and Desdemona

“It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock/ The meat it feed on.” “Excellent wretch! Predition catch my soul/ But I do love thee! And when I love thee not/ Chaos is come again.”= Othello initially shows affection towards Desdemona, however, he then proves to damn her, foreshadowing the doubt he hold concerning whether he loves her Give a quote that suggests Othello has conflicting opinions over Desdemona…

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