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Othello, Act II: Homework Questions

Answer in your Journal!

 

CHOOSE 4 of the following questions:

  1. How does Montano feel about Othello?  What evidence do we have to back that up?
  2. What is Cassio’s opinion of Desdemona?  (see lines 68-71 & lines 78-80 & 91-94)
  3. What happens in Scene II?
  4. What do you think about Iago’s opinion of women?  Emilia and Desdemona take his comments as jokes—would you? Note the paradoxes. (See lines 122-125 & l. 128)
  5. Explain the metaphor in lines 2.1.218-220.
  6. How does Iago convince Cassio to drink, even though Cassio knows he needs to take it easy?
  7. How does Iago play both sides when describing the fight between Cassio and Roderigo to Othello? (2.3.235-261)

 

CHOOSE 3 of the following paraphrases:

  1. Paraphrase lines 2.1.82-90.
  2. Paraphrase Iago’s speech, Act. II, Scene 1, lines 242-270.  What are his reasons that Othello’s and Desdemona’s relationship won’t last?
  3. Paraphrase Iago’s speech in lines 2.3.49-66.  How does Iago demonstrate his devious nature?
  4. Paraphrase Othello’s passage in lines 2.3.181-190.  How is the racism Othello receives similar to that expressed toward the Turks?
  5. Paraphrase Iago’s speech in lines 2.3.356-382.

 

 

 

 

Do you have unhappy brains for these questions?