Key Quotations (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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'I am not what I am' - speaker
'I am not what I am' - speaker
Iago (Act 1)
'Green-eyed monster' metaphor refers to
'Green-eyed monster' metaphor refers to
Jealousy (Iago warns Othello, Act 3)
Who laments 'Reputation, reputation, reputation!'?
Who laments 'Reputation, reputation, reputation!'?
Cassio after drunken brawl (Act 2)
'She did deceive her father' - Iago's implication
'She did deceive her father' - Iago's implication
Desdemona may deceive Othello too
'Put out the light' metaphor meaning
'Put out the light' metaphor meaning
Extinguishing candle = ending Desdemona's life
'I kissed thee ere I killed thee' - speaker
'I kissed thee ere I killed thee' - speaker
Othello (final words before suicide)
'Demand me nothing' - Iago's final act
'Demand me nothing' - Iago's final act
Refuses to explain; maintains silence
'Loved not wisely but too well' - who reflects?
'Loved not wisely but too well' - who reflects?
Othello, defining his tragic flaw
'Husbands' faults if wives do fall' - speaker
'Husbands' faults if wives do fall' - speaker
Emilia (challenges male dominance, Act 4)
'Turn her virtue into pitch' - Iago's plan
'Turn her virtue into pitch' - Iago's plan
Exploit Desdemona's kindness/goodness