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Act I
How is Iago like a Pimp?
How is the Masters and Slaves speech (Iago
Act I scene i) foreshadowing?
What techniques of manipulation does Iago
use on Brabantio?
What are the effects of these
manipulations?
List every devil/hell reference in Act I
How does Iago prevent himself getting in
trouble with Brabantio?
What techniques of manipulation does Iago
use on Othello?
What are the effects of these
manipulations?
Why is Iagos reference to Janus relevant?
What does Brabantio charge Othello with?
How do the military councils workings
parallel the earlier battle between Othello
and Brabantio?
How are the military councils workings
different from the earlier battle between
Othello and Brabantio?
How does Othello defend himself from
Brabantios allegations?
Why does Othello escape trouble?
Describe what Iago thinks of Love
Explain in your own words Iagos soliloquy
in the end of Act I
Act 2
Describe the setting where Act 2 takes place
With as little a web as this will I ensnare as
great a fly as Cassio is a very important
quote. Fully explain: What the quote means
The context of the quote How the rest of the
play will be affected by this concept

Describe the technique of Pontification and

show where it is used in act 2 as an example
Describe each individual manipulation that
Iago uses to get Cassio drunk.
Once Cassio is drunk, how does Iago use this
to his advantage?
What does Iago advise Cassio to do to get his
job back?
How will this advice work to Iagos
advantage?
List every devil/hell reference in Act 2
Act 3
Why does Cassio enter Act 3 with musicians?
How does Iago engineer the first suspicious
behavior between Cassio and Desdemona in
Act 3?
When does Othello say that Chaos will
come again ?
Why does Iago use the special words indeed
seems and think early in Act 3 scene 3?
Describe 5 of Iagos methods of manipulation
in Act 3 scene 3
Othello reveals his hidden insecurity to Iago.
Iago then immediately acts on it. What are
Othellos specific insecurities?
What is special about the item Emelia brings
to Iago in act 3?
In the experience of Jealousy, which part is
the worst?
Unpack 5 of the most important quotes of the
act: who said the quote? What was the
context? What does the quote mean? How
does the quote have important implications
for the rest of the act and/or the overall play?
What does Iago do with the special item
Emelia brings to Iago in act 3?
Explain the reversal that has happened in the
end of Act 3 scene 3
Why does Desdemona think Othello has been
acting so strange near the end of the act?
Act 4
How does Iago use hypothetical argument to
manipulate Othello in the beginning of act 4?
How does Iago show Othello that Cassio
seems guilty of an affair with his wife?
In act 4 scene 1, how does Iago use Biancas
argument with Cassio to manipulate Othello?

Why dies Iago recommend Othello strangle

Desdemona instead of using poison?
Explain: What is the Serpents Curse? What is
the context of Emelia unknowingly placing
the Serpents Curse on Iago?
Describe 2 examples of Iagos reversal of
fortune from Act 4 scene 2.
Explain what you think is the strongest
example of foreshadowing in act 4 scene 3,
and why it is strongest.
According to Emelia, why is it husbands
faults if wives do fall?
List every devil/hell reference in Act 4
Act 5
In the beginning of Act 5 scene 1, how is the
fight between Cassio and Roderigo a no lose
situation for Iago?
Why dont Gratiano and Lodovico run in to
help at first?
How does Iago imply Bianca is involved in the
attack on Cassio?
List every heaven/hell reference in act 5
Explain how Othellos put out the light
speech in the beginning of Act 5 scene 2 is
horribly ironic.
How is it possible that Othello could have
actually gotten away with the murder of
Desdemona if he cared to?
Describe the deaths of each character who
dies in the play.
Othello wounds Iago but does not kill him,
and claims he is happy with this result. Why?
What is Othellos tragic flaw that leads to his
downfall?
Describe what you feel is the overall
theme/moral/lesson/universal truth of this
play.