Othello Act V Critical Perspective

How is the setting of Cyprus in Act 5 a foil to the setting of Cyprus in Act 2?

• Cyprus in Act 2 was beautiful and scenic while Cyprus in Act 5 is polluted and toxic.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was chaotic and disorderly while Cyprus in Act 5 is harmonious and peaceful.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was harmonious and peaceful while Cyprus in Act 5 is chaotic and disorderly.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was polluted and toxic while Cyprus in Act 5 is beautiful and scenic.

When Othello and Roderigo finally gain knowledge, what does it cost them?

• their lives

• their manhood

• their past

• their wealth

Does Roderigo undergo sufficient change over the course of the play?

• Yes - he realises Desdemona will never love and be with him.

• Yes - he recognises Iago’s evil and refuses to participate.

• No - he remains Cassio and Othello’s ally until the end

• No - he remains Iago’s duped follower up until his death.

Why is Emilia’s reaction to Bianca ironic when Emilia thinks that she is superior to Bianca?

• Emilia is better than Bianca because she is ethical, moral, and wholesome throughout the play

• Emilia is better than Bianca, who is a lower-class woman while Emilia is a middle-class woman.

• Emilia isn’t any better than Bianca, who is wholly innocent while Emilia is an accomplice.

• Emilia isn’t any better than Bianca because she is worse and morally bankrupt throughout the play.

Why is the final setting of Othello and Desdemona’s bedroom an appropriate one?

• It is enclosed and confined like Othello's mindset.

• It is exposed like Othello’s thinking.

• It is luxurious like Othello’s thinking.

• It is illuminated like Othello’s attitude.

How is Othello at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 a foil to Othello at the end of Act 5, Scene 2?

• Othello is arrogant at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and humble at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is brave at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and cowardly at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is evil at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and forgiven at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is unrepentant at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and remorseful at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

What is the subtext of Othello saying that he loved Desdemona “too well”?

• He let his emotions consume him.

• He loved her better than her father did.

• He should have loved her less.

• He shouldn’t have loved her at all.

It is ironic that Iago implied that Othello is an animal for all of the following reasons except which?

• Othello does ultimately behave unreasonably but only because of Iago’s corruption.

• Othello isn’t the animal; Iago is the animal who has no empathy for anyone.

• Othello proves Iago correct and suggests that the noblest person in society can become an animal.

• Othello proves that humans are more advanced than animals because we use logic, not emotion.

It is ironic that Iago underestimates his wife Emilia for all of the following reasons except which?

• Iago plans for a husband to destroy his wife and himself and Emilia destroys her husband and herself.

• Iago does not ever think that his plan’s undoing would be by his wife, the most unlikely character.

• Iago expects he has control over his wife because of the values in Shakespeare’s era, but he doesn’t.

• Iago’s wife is more loyal to him, her husband, than she is to Desdemona.

Iago vows to remain silent for all of the following reasons except which?

• Iago doesn’t speak because he can’t really say anything to justify his actions or reasons.

• Iago doesn’t speak because he has no remorse for what he has done.

• . Iago doesn’t speak because he implies that some people are evil without reason

• Iago knows he can never apologise enough.