Othello help with homework: In response to Brabantio’s accusation that Othello has bewitched his daughter
In response to Brabantio’s accusation that Othello has bewitched his daughter, Othello explains how she originally fell in love with him. How did it happen and why has Othello’s description been called “the Othello music”?
What is the point of Iago’s “Virtue, a fig” speech and what is the “new” Elizabethan philosophy behind it?
How would you characterize the difference between the way Othello and Iago talk, both in their subject matter and their style?
At the end of this scene, Iago gives a second reason for hating Othello; what is this reason?
What did the city of Venice symbolize to members of the Elizabethan audience? What was the reputation of Venetian women?
