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Examples of Allusion:   

“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.” “She’s a good girl, quiet and obedient. She blushes at the slightest thing.” “No one know this yet-- and I don’t like to brag, but I come from a royal family, and I’m as noble as the woman I’ve married.”

Examples of Foreshadowing:   

Desdemona’s “Willow Song” “It gives me wonder great as my content to see you here before me. O my soul’s joy! If after every tempest come such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death!” “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.”

Examples of Imagery:   

“Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” “you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you’ll 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 dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black…” “Never, Iago. Like to the Pontic Sea, Whose icy current…” “A horned man’s a monster and a beast…”

Examples of Similes:   

“The food that to him now is a luscious as locusts…” “Wears out his time, much like his master’s ass…” “That have the office opposite to Saint Peter…”

Examples of Suspense:  

“After some time, to abuse Othello’s ear…” “Provoke him that he may, for even out of that I will cause…”

Examples of Catastrophe: 

The catastrophe is the specifics of the tragedy, as in what led to this fate.

Examples of Catharsis:   

“... threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe.” “So sweet was ne’er so fatal.” “Honest, honest Iago.”

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 nature’s 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:

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“If virtue no delighted, beauty lack.” “If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit.” “When devils will the blackest sins put on.”

Examples of Comic Relief:   

“I am not what I am.” “He’s a soldier, and for one to say a soldier lies, ‘tis stabbing.” Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies?”

Examples of Context: 

Desdemona elopes with Othello, giving Iago a good target for revenge.

Examples of Effect:  

Iago’s talk sending Othello to kill his own wife. Iago manipulating Cassio into making it sound as though he was having an affair with Desdemona.

Examples of Hamartia: 

Othello’s downfall results from gullibility and poor judgment.

Examples of Invocation: 

Othello’s military background is a contribution.

Examples of Socratic Irony: 

Cassio is the only main character left alive in the end.

Examples of Verbal Irony:   

“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 Iago’s 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.

Examples of Tragic Flaw:

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:

Othello takes place in Italy in the 1600-1700s.

Examples of Allegory:  

“... still as I pulled, it came.” “Nay, then, thought he, if you do breed so fast, I’ll put you by yourselves…”