Act V Questions
Iago's Victory From Cassio and Roderigo's Fight Politician Safety
Iago Implying Bianca's Involvement in the Injury of Cassio Act V Heaven/Hell Reference Othello's Ironic Speech Othello Avoids the Innocence The Kiss of Death Othello's Uncanny Satisfaction Othello's Tragic Flaw The Overall Lesson |
If Cassio wins the fight, Iago does not have to return his money to Roderigo. If Roderigo wins, Cassio will be ones less obstacle for Iago, and he will take Cassio's high-ranking position. If they are both killed, than Iago gets to walk away with everything.
Gratiano and Lodovico are very high-level politicians, and it would be dangerous for them to get involved in the fight.
Iago says that the last place he had seen Cassio had been when he was with Bianca, and they had been fighting at the time. This could be believed to have lead to her attacking Cassio.
"Here, here! for heaven's sake, help me!"
"Marry, heaven forbid! Light, gentlemen; I'll bind it with my shirt." "Alas my friend and my dear countryman Roderigo! no:--yes, sure: O heaven! Roderigo." "But they are cruel tears: this sorrow's heavenly; It strikes where it doth love. She wakes." "If you bethink yourself of any crime Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight." "No; heaven forfend! I would not kill thy soul." "Then heaven Have mercy on me!" "But with such general warranty of heaven As I might love: I never gave him token." "By heaven, I saw my handkerchief in's hand." "That she was false: O, she was heavenly true!" "If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and Perfect chrysolite, I'ld not have sold her for it." "This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven Than thou wast worthy her." "O heavens forfend!" "O heaven! O heavenly powers!" "Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak." "By heaven, I do not, I do not, gentlemen." "Are there no stones in heaven But what serve for the thunder?" "This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven" "Whip me, ye devils, From the possession of this heavenly sight!" "She's, like a liar, gone to burning hell:" "O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell," "To you, lord governor, Remains the censure of this hellish villain;" At this moment, Othello realizes that once he kills Desdemona, she cannot come back from this, but we know that Othello does not need to kill her in the first place.
When Emelia came into the room and found Desdemona, Desdemona woke up for a moment and confirmed that Othello had not done this, for it was herself that had killed her. If Othello had followed through with it, he would not have been suspected at all.
Roderigo - Gets into a fight with Cassio and is badly wounded. Iago finishes the job, and stabs Roderigo.
Desdemona - Suffocated under a pillow by Othello. Emelia - Stabbed in the back by Iago after she foils his plans. Othello - Stabs himself so he does not have to live in punishment for his crimes. Brabantio - Dies of a broken heart sometime after Desdemona passes away. Othello wants Iago to suffer as much pain as possible before they meet in Hell. Since Iago is not dead, he is sentenced to severe torture for his acts, which is much more painful than death in the eyes of Othello.
Othello's tragic flaw is that he has poor judgement; he unknowingly puts his , trust in the wrong people, such as Iago, and is skeptical of those who are truly devoted to him, such as Desdemona and Cassio.
The overall l lesson in this play is the power of manipulation and how to exploit the area of human weakness. We also learn about love and how fragile it is: that we must protect and watch over it.
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