1
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What is the significance of the motif of reputation?
A
Shakespeare warns that placing such importance into reputation is dangerous.
2
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How does Othello view his own reputation at the start of the play
A
- he believes it separates him from being a Moor
- ‘my services shall out-tongue his complaints’
‘my parts, my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly’
3
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How does Othello’s view on his own reputation change
A
- he conforms more with the typical reputation of a Moor
- ‘haply for I am black’
4
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How does Othello try to salvage his reputation at the end of the play
A
- ‘speak of me as I am’
- ‘as one that loved not wisely but too well’
5
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How does Iago use reputation as a weapon
A
- ‘the lusty Moor’ (he even tries to convince the audience)
- ‘old black ram tupping your white ewe’
- uses it as a catalyst for getting Cassio to speak with Desdemona
6
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How is reputation critical to Cassio
A
- ## ‘I have lost the immortal part of myself’
Motifs in Othello
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