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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice Evan Verrilli & Danny Bruns

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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Evan Verrilli & Danny Bruns. Summary. Iago tells Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio He supports this by telling Othello that he saw Cassio dream of Desdemona Othello is convinced, but Iago tells him to wait for more evidence - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Tragedy of Othello, the

Moor of Venice

Evan Verrilli & Danny Bruns

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Summaryo Iago tells Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassioo He supports this by telling Othello that he saw Cassio dream of

Desdemonao Othello is convinced, but Iago tells him to wait for more evidenceo Iago then tells Othello that he saw Cassio with Desdemona’s

handkerchief (Othello’s first gift to her)o Othello becomes enraged and swears to kill Desdemona

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S.O.A.P.S.IAGOo Subject

o The infidelity of Desdemonao Occasion

o Iago wishes to convince Othello of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness

o Audienceo Othello – Noble Venetian who

Iago despiseso Purpose

o To persuade Othello of his wife’s disloyalty

o Speakero Iago – Venetian soldier and

pseudo-friend of Othello

OTHELLOo Subject

o The infidelity of Desdemonao Occasion

o Othello is trying to decide whether or not his wife is faithful

o Audienceo Iago – Soldier under Othello;

holds his trusto Purpose

o To understand his wife’s loyaltyo Speaker

o Othello – Venetian general and trusting friend of Iago

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Video

o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1AENcTNbc

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Text & Annotation OTHELLOGive me a living reason she's disloyal.IAGOI do not like the office:But, sith I am enter'd in this cause so far,Prick'd to't by foolish honesty and love,I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately;And, being troubled with a raging tooth,I could not sleep.There are a kind of men so loose of soul,That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs:One of this kind is Cassio:In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona,Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;'And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand,Cry 'O sweet creature!' and then kiss me hard,As if he pluck'd up kisses by the rootsThat grew upon my lips: then laid his legOver my thigh, and sigh'd, and kiss'd; and thenCried 'Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor!'OTHELLOO monstrous! monstrous!IAGONay, this was but his dream.OTHELLOBut this denoted a foregone conclusion:'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.IAGOAnd this may help to thicken other proofsThat do demonstrate thinly.

OTHELLOI'll tear her all to pieces.IAGONay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;She may be honest yet. Tell me but this,Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchiefSpotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?OTHELLOI gave her such a one; 'twas my first gift.IAGOI know not that; but such a handkerchief — I am sure it was your wife's—did I to-daySee Cassio wipe his beard with.OTHELLOIf it be that--IAGOIf it be that, or any that was hers,It speaks against her with the other proofs.OTHELLOO, that the slave had forty thousand lives!One is too poor, too weak for my revenge.Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, Iago;All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven.'Tis gone.Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell!Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throneTo tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,For 'tis of aspics' tongues!

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List of Rhetorical Devices• Alliteration• Allusion• Anaphora• Antimetabole• Antithesis• Archaic Diction• Asyndeton• Cumulative Sentence• Hortative Sentence• Imperative Sentence

• Inversion• Juxtaposition• Metaphor• Metonymy• Oxymoron• Parallelism• Periodic Sentence• Personification• Rhetorical Question• Zeugma

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Text & Annotation OTHELLOGive me a living reason she's disloyal.IAGOI do not like the office:But, sith I am enter'd in this cause so far,Prick'd to't by foolish honesty and love,I will go on. I lay with Cassio lately;And, being troubled with a raging tooth,I could not sleep.There are a kind of men so loose of soul,That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs:One of this kind is Cassio:In sleep I heard him say 'Sweet Desdemona,Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;'And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand,Cry 'O sweet creature!' and then kiss me hard,As if he pluck'd up kisses by the rootsThat grew upon my lips: then laid his legOver my thigh, and sigh'd, and kiss'd; and thenCried 'Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor!'OTHELLOO monstrous! monstrous!IAGONay, this was but his dream.OTHELLOBut this denoted a foregone conclusion:'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.IAGOAnd this may help to thicken other proofsThat do demonstrate thinly.

OTHELLOI'll tear her all to pieces.IAGONay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;She may be honest yet. Tell me but this,Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchiefSpotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?OTHELLOI gave her such a one; 'twas my first gift.IAGOI know not that; but such a handkerchief— I am sure it was your wife's—did I to-daySee Cassio wipe his beard with.OTHELLOIf it be that--IAGOIf it be that, or any that was hers,It speaks against her with the other proofs.OTHELLOO, that the slave had forty thousand lives!One is too poor, too weak for my revenge.Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, Iago;All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven.'Tis gone.Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell!Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throneTo tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,For 'tis of aspics' tongues!

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Rhetorical Deviceso LOGOS

o Handkerchiefo Example of Cassio talking in his sleep

o ETHOSo Innocent friend – “I know not that”o Saw Cassio with the handkerchief

o PATHOSo Diction: gripe, wring, sigh’d, loose of soul

o Demonizes Cassio

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Rhetorical Deviceso Imperative Sentence

o “Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne/To tyrannous hate!”o Hortative Sentence

o “‘Let us be wary, let us hide our loves;’”o Alliteration

o “…do demonstrate…”, “Spotted with strawberries”o Juxtaposition

o Iago in place of Desdemona in his story about Cassio

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Rhetorical Deviceso Personification

o “Arise, black vengeance from thy hollow cell!”o Archaic Diction

o “Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,/For 'tis of aspics' tongues!”o Inversion

o “I know not that. such a handkerchief…did I to-day/See Cassio wipe his beard with.”

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Tone, Motive, & Diction (Iago)

o Tone:o Innocent and reluctant

o Ethos: Not wanting to talk about Cassio – “I do not like the office”

o Motive:o Purpose: To convince Othello of

Desdemona’s infidelityo Please Roderigoo Get revenge upon Othello for

promoting Cassioo Diction:

o “Foolish honesty” – Painful trutho “Loose of soul” – Shows Iago’s

truthful view of Cassioo “Thicken proofs” – Substantial

evidenceo “In your wife’s hand” – If it was

hers and now is Cassio’s, she must have given it to Cassio

Shite. I’m your friend, mate.

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Tone, Motive, & Diction (Othello)

o Tone:o Confused and enraged

o “O monstrous! monstrous!”o Motive:

o Purpose: Find out his wife’s fidelity

o “Give me a living reason she is disloyal.”

o Diction:o “Black vengeance” –

Othello recognizes the evil he choses to overtake him

o “‘Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.” – Wants to believe Iago in Desdemona’s unfaithfulness

could she?

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Is Iago Successful?

o Yes!o Othello makes Iago lieutenant at the end of Scene IIIo By the end of the passage, Othello wishes to kill Desdemona and

her “lover”o Love Vengeance

o Othello believes Iago’s lies about his “disloyal” wifeo A victim of Iago’s persuasion