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No, when light-winged toys of feather Cupid seel with wanton dullness
Seems to cast water on the burning Bear and quench the guards of the ever-fixed pole.
The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida.
Examples of Characterization:
Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
Shes a good girl, quiet and obedient. She blushes at the slightest thing.
No one know this yet-- and I dont like to brag, but I come from a royal family, and Im as noble as the woman Ive married.
Examples of Foreshadowing:
Examples of Imagery:
Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.
youll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; youll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.
I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.
Examples of Metaphors:
Her name, that was as fresh as dians visage, is now begrimed and black
Never, Iago. Like to the Pontic Sea, Whose icy current
A horned mans a monster and a beast
Examples of Similes:
Examples of Suspense:
Examples of Catastrophe:
The catastrophe is the specifics of the tragedy, as in what led to this fate.
Examples of Catharsis:
Examples of Conceit:
... and didst contract and purse thy brow together, As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain Some horrible conceit: if thou dost love me,
Show me thy thought.
The Moor already changes with my poison: Dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons. Which at first are scarce found to distaste,
But, with a little act upon the blood, Burn like the mines of sulphur.
I do beseech you, Though I perchance am vicious in my guess, As, I confess, it is my nature's plague To spy into
abuses, and of my jealousy Shape faults that are not,that your wisdom yet, From one that so imperfectly conceits,
Would take no notice; nor build yourself a trouble Out of his scattering and unsure observance: It were not for your
quiet nor your good, Nor for my manhood, honesty, or wisdom, To let you know my thoughts.
Examples of Connotation:
Examples of Context:
Desdemona elopes with Othello, giving Iago a good target for revenge.
Examples of Effect:
Examples of Hamartia:
Examples of Invocation:
Honest Iago
My lord, you know I love you.
O, thou art wise! Tis certain.
Examples of Mood:
The mood in Othello is constantly very dark and malicious, due to Iagos resemblance to the devil and what a negative impact he
has on the characters of the story.
Examples of Plot:
The plot of Othello is basically us gradually watching Iago tear down the happy home of newlyweds Othello and Desdemona.
Examples of Complications:
The complications in this play ALWAYS stem back to something that Iago has said or done.
Examples of Crisis:
The multiple times that Othello accuses Desdemona of cheating could be examples of the crisis in the play.
Examples of Climax:
The point in the play when Othello kills Desdemona would be the climax of the play, due to the intensity.
Examples of Denouement:
The play ends with Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Emilia dead.
Othello using poor judgment and being gullible would be his tragic flaw.
Examples of Tragedy:
Othello is considered a tragedy because none of the characters escape the play happily. The main character has a tragic flaw, which
leads to their demise.
Examples of Tone:
The overall tone of this play is very dark and malicious, due to Iago playing such a big part in the given events of the play.
Examples of Setting:
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