Act 3 Study Guide PDF

## Act 3 Study Guide ### Characterization 1. Who is Bianca? What role does she play in Act 3? - Cassio's lover who accuses him of cheating. She also makes the 3rd copy of the handkerchief. ### Who Said: 1. Othello said "Did Micheal Cassio... know of your love?" - True or False: False, Iago...

## Act 3 Study Guide ### Characterization 1. Who is Bianca? What role does she play in Act 3? - Cassio's lover who accuses him of cheating. She also makes the 3rd copy of the handkerchief. ### Who Said: 1. Othello said "Did Micheal Cassio... know of your love?" - True or False: False, Iago said this 2. "Honest, my lord?" - Cassio - **Iago** - Desdemona - Bianca - **Who Said it:** - "Ha! I like not that." **Iago** - "I'll have some proof." **Othello** - "Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell!" **Othello** - "as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys" **Iago** - "I never knew a Florentine more kind and honest." **Cassio** - "His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; I'll intermingle every thing he does with Cassio's suit" **Desdemona** - "Why do you speak so strangely and rash." **Desdemona** - "But jealous souls will not be answer'd so; They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they jealous: tis a monster Begot upon itself, born on itself." **Emilia** - "But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Choas is come again **Othello** - "Leave you alone! Why?" **Bianca** - "Telling you where he's sleeping is like me telling you where I'm lying." **Clown** - "Please come in. I'll take you to a place where you can speak frankly." **Emilia** ### General Information 1. What evidence does Iago give to Othello to prove that Desdemona is cheating with Cassio? - The handkerchief - Tells him about the dream Cassio had 2. How many days did Desdemona give Othello to reinstate Cassio? - 3 days 3. What excuse does Desdemona give Othello to explain why she can't give him her handkerchief? - Because she doesn't want to 4. What did Emilia give to Iago hoping it would make him love her? - Desdemona's handkerchief 5. How many days does Iago have to kill Cassio? - 3 days 6. What kind of proof does Othello demand from Iago? - Visible proof 7. What happens at the end of Act 3, Scene 3? - Iago gets his lieutenancy position back 8. How many handkerchiefs are there? How do you know this? - There are 3 handkerchiefs. - The original. The copy Emilia & Iago makes - & Bianca & Cassio's. 9. What is the first action that makes Othello suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona? - Cassio runs away from Desdemona when Othello enters 10. What is the #1 rule that Desdemona is supposed to follow? - She should always keep up with the handkerchief that Othello gave her 11. What are some "manipulation tactics"? - gaslighting - lying - flattery - guilt-tripping 12. How does Iago explain to Othello that Desdemona and his love is unnatural? (Hint: the list of 5) - She lied to her father - She is not dating her own race - She is dating below her status - You can smell her unnatural thoughts - She will eventually go back to her natural taste in men ### You need to know the difference between them: 13. Paradox- contradictory statements 14. Metaphor- comparing two things without using like or as 15. Foreshadowing- indication of a future event 16. Irony- expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite 17. Idiom- a phrase or expression that has a figurative or non-literal meaning 18. Allusion- expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly 19. Hyperbole- an exaggeration 20. Personification- giving non-human things human characteristics 21. Pun- a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word 22. Alliteration- the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words 23. Simile- comparing two things using like or as 24. Oxymoron- contradictory words that are placed closely together