Scene 1

• ”What‘s the matter, husband?” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • Gender roles.
  • Not too affectionate.

  (Emilia)
• “Strumpet!” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • Whore, prostitute.
  • Deregetory.
  • Contrasts the status of being a wife.

  (Emilia)
• “Come, mistress” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • To Bianca or Emilia?
  • Patriarchy. He talks down to women.
  • Contrasts husband.

  (Iago)
• “This is the night…fordoes me quite” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • Rhyming couplets.
  • Cyclical structure of Iago’s rhyming couplets.
  • Shows his control. Indictive of him.

  (Iago)
• “O damned Iago! O inhuman dog!” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • Contrasts ‘honest Iago’.
  • First realisation of Iago’s true self.

  (Roderigo)
• “My sweet Cassio!” (Act 5, Scene 1)

  • Bianca is used for pleasure.
  • Exploited.
  • Patriarchy.

  (Bianca)