Monday, May 9, 2016

Homework 5/9: Desdemona sub Othello 3.4.49-107

Othello Text
Act 3 Scene 3 Lines 49-107

Summary
http://www.shmoop.com/othello/act-3-scene-4-summary.html

No Fear
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/othello/page_170.html

Tasks
1: follow the pronoun: I cannot speak of this. 
-What has Othello been talking about?

2: hear the echo in Othello's description of the handkerchief
-How does the handkerchief echo what Brabantio claimed, and how Othello has described his relationship with Desdemona?

3: who was listening? who enters after Othello exits?
-What does Emilia's gastrointestinal metaphor imply about her relationship with Iago?

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