Othello: Act 5 Scene 1

Othello: Act 5 Scene 1

By: Melissa, Alanna, and Sophie

Quotations

Character Analysis

Quotations

"This is the night/ That either makes me, or fordoes me quite" (5.1.29)

Significant to

- theme

-character

-plot

-atmosphere

Character Analysis

Devices

Quotations

"i have no great devotion to the deed,/

And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons. / 'Tis but a man gone. Forth my sword! He dies! (5.1.8-10)

Significant to

-theme

-character

-plot

RODERIGO

Ignorant: lacking

information, knowledge

or awareness

"I have no great devotion to the deed, /

And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons. /

'Tis but a man gone. Forth, my sword! He dies!" (5.1.8-10)

Thank you!

Character Analysis

OTHELLO

Rash: a person who

displays or proceeds

from a lack of careful

consideration of the possible consequences

of an action

"Tis he. O brave Iago, honest and just, / That has such noble sense of thy friend;s wrong! / Thou teachest me.

Minion , your dear lies dead, / And your unblest fate hies. Strumpet, I come! / Forth of my heart those charms,

thine eyes are blotted; / thy bed, lust-stain'd, shall with

lust's blood be spotted (5.1. 31-35)

Structural Analysis

Plot Summary

Plot Summary cont..

Iago, Lodorico and Graziano all question Cassio

about his injuries. Iago is quick to blame it on Roderigo but Cassio and Roderigo do not even know each other. This is proven as Cassio has no recollection of his assailant. Bianca then enters weeping for her poor husband. Emilia passes by the commotion as she retires from Desdemona's room and Iago informs her on what just happened. Iago then sends Emilia to go tell Othello what has happened and takes Bianca under arrest because he accuses her for plotting Cassio's murder.

In Act 5 scene 1, the scene starts off as Iago and Roderigo await for Cassio outside of the brohel in which Cassio is expected to visit Bianca. Iago gives Roderigo a sword and places him behind a pillar in which it will be easy to take Cassio by surprise. Iago attempts to stray away from the scene to avoid being noticed. Cassio enters and Roderigo fails to pierce his armor. Shocked, Cassio quickly reacts and stabs Roderigo in return and injures him severely. Iago enters the commotion and stabs Cassio in the leg and scurries off into hiding once again. Cassio and Roderigo cry out in agony and Othello assumes Cassio has been murdered by Iago as originally planned. Inspired by Iago's so called success Othello returns to his room to murder Desdemona. Lodorico and Graziano enter but can barely see in the dark and aren't sure whats going on. Iago enters with a light and pretends to discover Cassio and Roderigo for the first time

Prior to Act 5, Act 4 comes to an end as Desdemona is sent to bed by Othello and is being attended to

by Emilia. Desdemona seems to allude to her imminent fate as Emilia bathes her. She mentions that if

she dies before Emilia, she should use her wedding sheets as her shroud. Desdemona begins to sing

a song called "willow" which leads her to think about adultery. Desdemona then asks Emilia if she would

ever cheat on her husband, this leads Emilia to state that men are not the only ones with sexual

appetites and the men who have been cheated on by their wives have nobody to blame but themselves.

Desdemona argues and says she would rather cover a bad deed with good deed instead of another bad

one, and retires to bed.

Themes

Appearance vs. Reality

Themes

Revenge

Othello

• Othello wants to get revenge on Cassio

• After being convinced by Iago that Desdemona had cheated on him with Cassio, he seeks revenge on him

• He orders that Iago kills Cassio

• In this scene, Othello believes Iago has killed Cassio and rejoices

• He continues to plan that he will follow through with murdering his wife so he can get revenge

"Minion, your dear lies dead, / And your unblest fate hies. Strumpet, I come! / Forth of my heart those charms, thine eyes, are blotted; / Thy bed, lust stain'd, shall with lust's blood be spotted" (5.1.33-36).

Roderigo

• Roderigo wants to get revenge on Cassio

• He thinks that Cassio is in the way of his potential relationship with Desdemona, after being persuaded by Iago

• In this scene, he attempts to get rid of this threat and murder Cassio

• Roderigo is unsuccessful in stabbing Cassio

"I know his gait; 'tis he. Villian, thou deist!" (5.1.23)

Iago

• Iago wants to get revenge on Cassio

• Iago is furious that Cassio got the promotion to lieutenant and he did not

• In this scene, when Roderigo fails to stab Cassio, Iago steps in and wounds him

"No he must die. But soft, I hear him coming" (5.1.22).