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Othello Jeopardy

Othello Jeopardy. Act I 200. The person who rats out Othello and Desdemona’s relationship to Brabantio and begins the rising action of the play. Act 1 – 200 ?. Who is Roderigo?. Act I 100. The man Othello named his lieutenant. Act 1 100 Question. Who is Cassio?. Act I 300.

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Othello Jeopardy

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  1. Othello Jeopardy

  2. Act I 200 • The person who rats out Othello and Desdemona’s relationship to Brabantio and begins the rising action of the play

  3. Act 1 – 200 ? • Who is Roderigo?

  4. Act I 100 The man Othello named his lieutenant

  5. Act 1 100 Question Who is Cassio?

  6. Act I 300 • The first two secret acts of the play

  7. Act I 300 ? • What are the marriage between Desdemona and Othello and the hidden relationship between Iago and Roderigo to bring Othello to his downfall.

  8. Act I 400 • The literary term used by describing Othello as “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”; “you’ll have your daughter daughter covered with a Barabary horse”; “your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs”

  9. Act I 400 ? • What is imagery?

  10. Act I 500 • Brabantio believes that this is the only possible explanation why Desdemona would have married the Moor.

  11. Act I 500 ? • What is witchcraft or enchantment?

  12. Act II 100 • These ships were tossed into the rocks and thus lost the battle for Cyprus before it was even begun.

  13. Act II 100 ? • What is the Turkish fleet?

  14. Act II 200 • This person was entrusted by Othello to get Desdemona safely to Cyprus

  15. Act II 200? • Who is Iago?

  16. Act II 300 • The metaphor Shakespeare uses to represent jealousy.

  17. Act II 300 ? • What is “a green-eyed monster”?

  18. Act II 400 • The irony of Iago’s discussion on reputation with Cassio

  19. Act II 400? • Iago tells Cassio not to worry about his reputation because it is “an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving”; however, in order for all of his machinations to work Iago is completely dependent upon his “honest” reputation and therefore understands that one’s reputation is everything.

  20. Act II 500 • The following lines foreshadow

  21. Act II 500 • The solilquoy that reveals Iago’s ultimate plan and how he will discredit Desdemona and Cassio while at the same time poisoning Othello with his lies. • You have one minute to use your book to read this to the class.

  22. Act II 500 ? • What is “And what’s he then that says I play the villain…So will I turn her virtue into pitch,/ And out of her own goodness make the net/ That shall enmesh them all” (II.iii.318-344).

  23. Act III 100? • This character provides the comic relief needed after Iago’s plot to destroy them all is revealed and is empolyed by Cassio to serenade Othello and Desdemona.

  24. Act III 100 • Who is the clown?

  25. Act III 200 • The way Cassio treats Bianca as opposed to how he treats Desdemona

  26. Act III 200? • Cassio demeans Bianca and talks about his relationship with her very graphically; however, he is nothing but respectful and gentlemanly in his comments to and about Desdemona. This reveals the different societal standards afforded the women as Cassio is representative of the upper class.

  27. Act III 300 • This key symbol represents the love and later the distrust between Othello and Desdemona.

  28. Act III 300 ? • What is the handkerchief?

  29. Act III 400 • Othello demands from Iago that Cassio be dead within this number of days.

  30. Act III 400? • What is 3 days?

  31. Act III 500 • The way Othello feels about himself as revealed by the comment, “Haply, for I am black/ And have not those soft parts of conversation/ That chamberers have, or for I am declined/ Into the vale of years”.

  32. Act III 500? • What is a lack of self-confidence?

  33. Act IV 100 • Othello experiences this when he becomes so enraged by Iago’s lies and believes Desdemona to be unfaithful.

  34. Act IV 100? • What is a seizure or epileptic fit?

  35. Act IV 200 • He is a general from Venice whose presence signifies as a reminder of the distance that Othello has come in his transformation from a respected general to a man tormented by jealous rage.

  36. Act IV 200? • Who is Lodovico?

  37. Act IV 300 • This traces and represents Othello’s descent into madness

  38. Act IV 300? • What is Othello’s erratic speech patterns?

  39. Act IV 400 • This causes Othello to strike Desdemona

  40. Act IV 400? • What is Desdemona’s explanation to Lodivico of the falling out between Othello and Cassio?

  41. Act IV 500 • This is the reason Iago gives Roderigo to motivate him to murder Cassio.

  42. Act IV 500? • What is if Cassio is murdered they will have to stay in Cyprus longer and delay their return to Venice.

  43. Act V 100 • Iago kills this man in order to protect his duplicity and then places the blame for the attack on this person.

  44. Act V 100? • Who are Roderigo and Bianca?

  45. Act V 200 • The two reasons Iago wants Cassio dead

  46. Daily Double

  47. Act V 200? • Iago says Cassio has a “beauty” in his life (integrity) that makes Iago look ugly, and if Othello confronts Cassio, Iago’s treachery will be revealed.

  48. Act V 300 • The implication about how Iago is feeling from the aside, “This is the night/ that either makes me or fordoes me quite” (V.i.138-143).

  49. Act V 300? • What is the first sign of Iago’s doubt about his success? Iago has been most honest with the audience, and has never questioned his success until this moment, which leaves the audience wondering if events will unfold as he wants or if he will fail.

  50. Act V 400 • This is Othello’s mood before he kills Desdemona as revealed in his soliloquoy.

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