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Flashcards by lucy.moffatt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lucy.moffatt
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Symbol: the handkerchief | - Othello's love. - Desdemona's faith and chastity - Marital fidelity |
| Theme: Hell, Demons and Monsters | Presents the jealousy-crazed characters as grotesque, deformed and demonic. "green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on" Othello's vision of Desdemona cheating on him is "monstrous, monstrous!" |
| The song 'Willow" | Desdemona in act 5 sings about a woman who was betrayed by her lover. It was taught to her by a maid who suffered the same misfortune. The songs lyrics suggest that both men and women are unfaithful to one another. Questions the nature and practice of infidelity. |
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