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12 - Othello And Jealousy

Tealling theme of Jealousy in Othello

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12 - Othello And Jealousy

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  1. Othello and Jealousy in Act 4 IAGO O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves! In Act 3, Iago warned Othello to be wary of jealousy. What does Iago tell Othello about jealousy? Why do you think Iago tells Othello about what jealousy is and how it affects people? How has Othello’s sense of jealousy enabled Iago to carry out his plans successfully? IAGO Beware of jealousy, my lord! It is the green-eyed monster that mocks its victims that it eats. A man who knows his wife has cheated on him is happy, because he is not friends with the man she has had an affair with. But the man who worships his wife and doubts her faithfulness, he is truly unhappy.

  2. Learning outcomes To describe how Othello and Desdemona are presented in Act 4 Scene 2 To explain how Othello and Desdemona’s feelings are different to each other’s To evaluate how Shakespeare employs language to impact on the audience’s understanding of character

  3. Jealously is the green-eyed monster Iago wants to make Othello jealous because jealously – according to Iago – eats at people and laughs at them. We can see that Othello’s jealousy is clouding his mind and stopping him from thinking of anything else besides Desdemona being unfaithful. It affects him so much that he ends up having a kind of ‘trance’ where he disconnects his body and mind from the world around him. Othello’s jealousy is useful to Iago because it makes Othello see things that aren’t really there. He thinks the handkerchief is proof her being unfaithful when it is not; he thinks Cassio’s description of Bianca is about Desdemona; he jumps to conclusions about Desdemona without really checking to see if they are real.

  4. Lodovico arrives from Venice to visit Othello and to deliver letters from the Senate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdHpKXw_Tg (1.59.41 to 2.03.14) As we watch, think about: How Othello behaves around both Lodovico and Desdemona; What Lodovico thinks of Othello’s behaviour and why he is surprised; What Iago tells Lodovico and why you think he tells him this.

  5. Lodovico provides a contrast between normal behaviour and the irrational and jealous Othello Lodovico is a gentleman and a valued member of Venetian society. His behaviour is dignified, rational and respectable. In contrast, Othello is rash, violent (he hits Desdemona), irrational and frightening. The irony is that Othello is becoming the monster that Iago tried to paint him as at the very beginning of the play. Remember when he called him a ‘beast’, a ‘Barbary horse’, a ‘black ram’ and so on in Act 1? Well, Othello is behaving more and more like a wild animal, unable to control his emotions and his actions.

  6. The behaviours of Desdemona and Lodovico help to emphasise and exaggerate Othello’s wild behaviour DESDEMONA I have not deserved this. LODOVICO Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature Whom passion could not shake? whose solid virtue The shot of accident, nor dart of chance, Could neither graze nor pierce? DESDEMONA I will not stay to offend you. LODOVICO My lord, this would not be believed in Venice, Though I should swear I saw't: 'tis very much: Make her amends; she weeps. LODOVICO Truly, an obedient lady: I do beseech your lordship, call her back. Look at how both Desdemona and Lodovico react to Othello’s changed behaviour. Desdemona remains calm and dignified, refusing to react when Othello hits her. Lodovico asks how Othello can behave in such a way to his wife and asks if this is the same person he knew back in Venice, the man who was dignified, noble and respected.

  7. Othello asks Emilia about what she has seen between Desdemona and Cassio EMILIA I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at stake: if you think other, Remove your thought; it doth abuse your bosom. If any wretch have put this in your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpent's curse! For, if she be not honest, chaste, and true, There's no man happy; the purest of their wives Is foul as slander. Discuss: What does Emilia say about Desdemona? Bonus Challenge: What dramatic irony can you see here and how is it designed to affect the audience?

  8. Othello refuses to believe Emilia Othello She says enough; yet she's a simple bawd That cannot say as much. This is a subtle whore, A closet lock and key of villanous secrets And yet she'll kneel and pray; I have seen her do't. He says Emilia is a ‘simple bawd’ and doesn’t really see what is going on. He refers to Desdemona as a ‘subtle whore’ who has her affair with Cassio under secrecy, and yet she’ll knee and pray like an honest woman.

  9. DESDEMONA Upon my knees, what doth your speech import?I understand a fury in your words.But not the words. On your graph, place an x for each key quotation here depending on how much it shows anger, shock, love or hate. Choose three quotations and explain why you placed them where you did. Using the pattern that has emerged from your graph, what is the overall tone of this dialogue and how was Shakespeare trying to make us feel about Othello and Desdemona? Why? OTHELLO Come, swear it, damn thyselfLest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselvesShould fear to seize thee: therefore be double damn'd:Swear thou art honest. Love x DESDEMONA Heaven doth truly know it. OTHELLO Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell. DESDEMONA I hope my noble lord esteems me honest. Anger Shock OTHELLO O, ay; as summer flies are in the shambles,That quicken even with blowing. O thou weed,Who art so lovely fair and smell'st so sweetThat the sense aches at thee, would thou hadstne'er been born!. DESDEMONA Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? OTHELLO What committed!Impudent strumpet! x Hate DESDEMONA No, as I am a Christian:If to preserve this vessel for my lordFrom any other foul unlawful touchBe not to be a strumpet, I am none.

  10. DESDEMONA Upon my knees, what doth your speech import?I understand a fury in your words.But not the words.OTHELLO Why, what art thou?DESDEMONA Your wife, my lord; your trueAnd loyal wife.OTHELLO Come, swear it, damn thyselfLest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselvesShould fear to seize thee: therefore be double damn'd:Swear thou art honest.DESDEMONA Heaven doth truly know it.OTHELLO Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.DESDEMONA To whom, my lord? with whom? how am I false?OTHELLO O Desdemona! away! away! away!DESDEMONA Alas the heavy day! Why do you weep?Am I the motive of these tears, my lord?If haply you my father do suspectAn instrument of this your calling back,Lay not your blame on me: If you have lost him,Why, I have lost him too.OTHELLO Had it pleased heavenTo try me with affliction; had they rain'dAll kinds of sores and shames on my bare head.Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips,Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes,I should have found in some place of my soulA drop of patience: but, alas, to make meA fixed figure for the time of scornTo point his slow unmoving finger at!Yet could I bear that too; well, very well:But there, where I have garner'd up my heart,Where either I must live, or bear no life;The fountain from the which my current runs,Or else dries up; to be discarded thence!Or keep it as a cistern for foul toadsTo knot and gender in! Turn thy complexion there,Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'dcherubin,--Ay, there, look grim as hell!DESDEMONA I hope my noble lord esteems me honest.OTHELLO O, ay; as summer flies are in the shambles,That quicken even with blowing. O thou weed,Who art so lovely fair and smell'st so sweetThat the sense aches at thee, would thou hadstne'er been born!DESDEMONA Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?OTHELLO Was this fair paper, this most goodly book,Made to write 'whore' upon? What committed!Committed! O thou public commoner!I should make very forges of my cheeks,That would to cinders burn up modesty,Did I but speak thy deeds. What committed!Heaven stops the nose at it and the moon winks,The bawdy wind that kisses all it meetsIs hush'd within the hollow mine of earth,And will not hear it. What committed!Impudent strumpet!DESDEMONA By heaven, you do me wrong.OTHELLO Are you not a strumpet?DESDEMONA No, as I am a Christian:If to preserve this vessel for my lordFrom any other foul unlawful touchBe not to be a strumpet, I am none.OTHELLO What, not a whore?DESDEMONA No, as I shall be saved.OTHELLOIs't possible?DESDEMONA O, heaven forgive us!OTHELLO I cry you mercy, then:I took you for that cunning whore of VeniceThat married with Othello. Raising his voice You, mistress,That have the office opposite to Saint Peter,And keep the gate of hell! Re-enter EMILIA You, you, ay, you!We have done our course; there's money for your pains:I pray you, turn the key and keep our counsel. Exit

  11. DESDEMONA Upon my knees, what doth your speech import?I understand a fury in your words.But not the words. On your graph, place an x for each key quotation here depending on how much it shows anger, shock, love or hate. Choose three quotations and explain why you placed them where you did. Using the pattern that has emerged from your graph, what is the overall tone of this dialogue and how was Shakespeare trying to make us feel about Othello and Desdemona? Why? OTHELLO Come, swear it, damn thyselfLest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselvesShould fear to seize thee: therefore be double damn'd:Swear thou art honest. Love DESDEMONA Heaven doth truly know it. OTHELLO Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell. DESDEMONA I hope my noble lord esteems me honest. Anger Shock OTHELLO O, ay; as summer flies are in the shambles,That quicken even with blowing. O thou weed,Who art so lovely fair and smell'st so sweetThat the sense aches at thee, would thou hadstne'er been born!. DESDEMONA Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? OTHELLO What committed!Impudent strumpet! Hate DESDEMONA No, as I am a Christian:If to preserve this vessel for my lordFrom any other foul unlawful touchBe not to be a strumpet, I am none.

  12. Desdemona is in shock with Othello, but she still loves him despite what he says Othello, on the other hand, seems to hate Desdemona and is constantly angry at her. He does not believe anything she says and simple throws out insults at her. Desdemona tries to reason with him and ask him what she has done wrong, but Othello becomes increasingly angry, claiming that she knows what she did wrong and should confess. The scene is designed to make us feel sympathetic for the innocent and constant Desdemona, whilst we grow increasingly alienated and detached from the angry and violent Othello.

  13. Iago plans to get Cassio to talk about Bianca whilst Othello secretly listens in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdHpKXw_Tg (2.10.51 to 2.16.15) What does Desdemona say to Emilia and Iago? How does Iago respond to what Emilia says? What is your impression of Iago now? Do you hate him more or less? Why?

  14. Plenary: Countdown Q E S T A P V O U To describe how Othello and Desdemona are presented in Act 4 Scene 2 To explain how Othello and Desdemona’s feelings are different to each other’s To evaluate how Shakespeare employs language to impact on the audience’s understanding of character In a pair, one person chooses nine random letters. The other person then has to make a word that helps to describe their learning from today’s lesson! You then switch around and swap roles.

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