Worksheet On Othello
Explication
Othello: 3.3. 258-271. “Why did I marry? ......I do beseech your Honour.”
1. Determine the context of the passage.
Othello is doubting Desdemona, and Iago is trying to plant the idea that Desdemona has a hidden agenda with trying to persuade Othello to reinstate Cassio.
2. Describe the passage in its most overt form. (Does it rhyme, does it repeat phrases, words, etc.
This passage does not have a rhyme scheme. The only repeat phrases that seem to really show up in the passage are when Iago does call Othello “Your Honor”. Iago does pause four times when he is speaking in which brings more seemingly innocence to Iago’s character.
3. Do these issues (especially the diction) reflex upon the …show more content…
4. Describe in detail how the passage works. Does it use questions and why? Does it repeat and why? Does it contain antitheses of any kind and why?’
Does it contain an oxymoron (or more than one) and why? Does it rely on Petrarchan devices and why? What are the main metaphors (or similes) and why? Are there puns or double entendres and why? You will not find all the devices, but you must show a strong understand of how the language serves the text.
Declare your evidence and offer a logical critical reason for the evidence being probative (or proving something worthwhile) in the text.
In the passage both Othello and Iago are talking to each other. Othello is questioning why he married Desdemona and questions if she is in fact if she is virginal and virtuous. Iago being very manipulative tells Othello light-heartedly to wait and see what Cassio and Desdemona do. If Desdemona pushes earnestly to have Cassio reinstated back that there could be a back story and they are having an affair. This Passage does not have any Petrarchan devices, but I feel that the Pauses in lines 262,263,269,270 are quite significant to the passage. Iago, calls him self “busy” in which according to the text he is calling himself too officious, which I feel is a double
Othello: 3.3. 258-271. “Why did I marry? ......I do beseech your Honour.”
1. Determine the context of the passage.
Othello is doubting Desdemona, and Iago is trying to plant the idea that Desdemona has a hidden agenda with trying to persuade Othello to reinstate Cassio.
2. Describe the passage in its most overt form. (Does it rhyme, does it repeat phrases, words, etc.
This passage does not have a rhyme scheme. The only repeat phrases that seem to really show up in the passage are when Iago does call Othello “Your Honor”. Iago does pause four times when he is speaking in which brings more seemingly innocence to Iago’s character.
3. Do these issues (especially the diction) reflex upon the …show more content…
4. Describe in detail how the passage works. Does it use questions and why? Does it repeat and why? Does it contain antitheses of any kind and why?’
Does it contain an oxymoron (or more than one) and why? Does it rely on Petrarchan devices and why? What are the main metaphors (or similes) and why? Are there puns or double entendres and why? You will not find all the devices, but you must show a strong understand of how the language serves the text.
Declare your evidence and offer a logical critical reason for the evidence being probative (or proving something worthwhile) in the text.
In the passage both Othello and Iago are talking to each other. Othello is questioning why he married Desdemona and questions if she is in fact if she is virginal and virtuous. Iago being very manipulative tells Othello light-heartedly to wait and see what Cassio and Desdemona do. If Desdemona pushes earnestly to have Cassio reinstated back that there could be a back story and they are having an affair. This Passage does not have any Petrarchan devices, but I feel that the Pauses in lines 262,263,269,270 are quite significant to the passage. Iago, calls him self “busy” in which according to the text he is calling himself too officious, which I feel is a double