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Othello Act 2: Figurative Language
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Othello: Act 2
Figurative
Language
By: Rose Helms
Figurative Language
Personification
Alliteration + Metaphor
Oxymoron
1. Personification
"Me thinks the wind hath spoke aloud at land..."
- This is an example of personification. The wind cannot actually speak, but it is given the human capability of having a voice to speak.
3. Metaphor
2. Alliteration
"What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, can hold the mortise?
- Metaphor: How could a ship made out of wood hold together in mountainous waves?
"What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, can hold the mortise?"
- MOUNTAINS MELT is an example of alliteration.
4. Oxymoron
"O, my fair warrior!"
- An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory terms are used together. Warriors are not typically described as "fair."
Figurative Language
Foreshadowing
Extended Metaphor
Soliloquy
5. Foreshadowing 6. Extended Metaphor
When Othello says, "If I were not to die, 'Twere now to be most happy."
- This is an example of foreshadowing.
When Iago says, "O you are well tuned now, but I'll set down the pegs that make this music as honest as I am."
- This is an extended metaphor. It basically means, "Oh, you're happy now but I'll ruin your happiness for all my supposed honesty."
7. Soliloquy
Iago's long speech at the end of Act II Scene I. He stands alone on the stage, speaking his thoughts aloud.
Figurative Language
Simile
Couplet
Dramatic Irony + Allusion
8. Simile
"Doth like a poison mineral, gnaw my inwards."
A simile is a figure of speech where a comparison is made between different things.
This is a quote made by Iago in his soliloquy at the end of scene one. He is basically saying that he believes Othello slept with his wife, and that thought is gnawing away at him, eating him up inside.
So, the thought is /like/ a poison mineral.
9. Couplet
"Even to madness. 'Tis here, but yet CONFUSED.
Knavery's plain face is never seen til USED."
A couplet is two lines of verse joined by rhyme.
10. Dramatic Irony
When Othello says, "Iago is most honest."
Little does Othello know that Iago is not as good of a man as he thinks he is.
11. Allusion
"He is a soldier fit to stand by Caesar."
Iago says this about Cassio. It is an allusion, because Iago doesn't actually like Cassio. He's about to plant Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's room to set him up.
More Figurative Language
12. Verbal Irony
Verbal Irony
When Iago says, "I do love Cassio well and would do much to cure him of this evil."
This is a lie, but nobody knows he is lying, which makes it ironic that Iago would say such a thing.
13.Apostrophe
Apostrophe
An apostrophe is a figure of speech used by a writer or speaker to speak directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.
14. Hyperbole
Hyperbole
When Cassio says that the storm, "do omit their mortal natures, letting go safely by, the divine Desdemona."
A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
He is saying that Desdemona is so beautiful that the storms that usually destroy ships don't mess with the ship she is on, allowing her to arrive safe and sound.
15. Extended Simile
When Iago says "He with as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio."
Iago sees Cassio take Desdemona's hand. This is a very small piece of proof, but Iago believes it is enough proof to convince Othello of Desdemona and Cassio's affair.