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Othello, Act I: Homework Questions

Answer in your Journal!

 

CHOOSE 3 FROM THIS GROUP OF QUESTIONS:

 

  1. What are Iago’s motives for his actions? Do you think his motives are reasonable?

 

  1. Why is Brabantio so hesitant to believe that Desdemona was willing to marry Othello?  Find at least two reasons in the text.

 

  1. Find and list at least three examples of racist remarks made by the characters.

 

  1. Describe what is happening with Turkish fleet (NOTE:  “Ottomites” = Ottoman Empire = Turks)?  Why are the senators of Venice worried?

 

  1. Find and copy down one example of imagery in Act 1.  What is the impact of this image? (How does the image affect the reader?)

 

CHOOSE 2 FROM THIS GROUP OF QUESTIONS:

 

  1. Paraphrase Othello’s speech (Act 1, Sc. 2, L. 20-32).  (NOTE:  paraphrase = “translate” into your own words… line by line)

 

  1. Paraphrase (put in your own words) Iago’s soliloquy (Act 1, Sc. 3, L. 426-447).

 

  1. Paraphrase (put in your own words) Desdemona’s speech (Act 1, Sc. 3. 209-218).

 

 

 

No knee-crooking knaves up in THIS piece!