quote picking from a solioquy (1 Viewer)

[Gryffindor]

We have to discuss how Shakespeare has constructed his villain and there's a plethora of techniques, but I can't seem to pick out the best one to answer the prompt (I've already chosen quotes from other acts to support my answer, but am struggling with this act). I was wondering if anyone could distinguish a line/s that best shows how Shakespeare has constructed this character as a villain?

"Thus do I ever make my fool my purse.
For I mine own gained knowledge should profane
If I would time expend with such a snipe
But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor,
And it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets
He’s done my office. I know not if ’t be true,
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety. He holds me well.
The better shall my purpose work on him.
Cassio’s a proper man. Let me see now,
To get his place and to plume up my will
In double knavery. How? How? Let’s see.
After some time, to abuse Othello’s ear
That he is too familiar with his wife.
He hath a person and a smooth dispose
To be suspected, framed to make women false
The Moor is of a free and open nature
That thinks men honest that but seem to be so
And will as tenderly be led by th' nose
As asses are.
I have ’t. It is engendered! Hell and night
Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light."

 

[Life'sHard]

I think dramatic monologue as the macro technique and then just find mini techniques to bolster your response in relation to the question.

 

[may22]

Some techniques:

vulgar language + visual imagery: 'twixt my sheets he has done my office'
truncated phrase + hateful/bitter tone: 'I hate the Moor'
metonymy: 'abuse Othello's ear'


Also, the last two lines are a rhyming couplet, with:
- truncated sentence: 'I have't'
- Biblical allusion in 'Hell and night'
- metaphor in 'monstrous birth'


Remember Shakespeare's text were meant to be performed; try reading the monologues out loud to get a sense of the effect that the techniques convey.

 

[icycledough]

You could consider using the lines "After some time, to abuse Othello's ear, That he is too familiar with his wife"

 

[Gryffindor]

Some techniques:

vulgar language + visual imagery: 'twixt my sheets he has done my office'
truncated phrase + hateful/bitter tone: 'I hate the Moor'
metonymy: 'abuse Othello's ear'


Also, the last two lines are a rhyming couplet, with:
- truncated sentence: 'I have't'
- Biblical allusion in 'Hell and night'
- metaphor in 'monstrous birth'


Remember Shakespeare's text were meant to be performed; try reading the monologues out loud to get a sense of the effect that the techniques convey.

I have never heard of metonymy! Thank you for this.
Before lockdown, our class was each assigned roles and we read it aloud and kind of performed to get a sense of that haha.

 

[may22]

I have never heard of metonymy! Thank you for this.
Before lockdown, our class was each assigned roles and we read it aloud and kind of performed to get a sense of that haha.

Haha, yeah I know what you mean. We did Othello this year as well, but they're taking that section out of our exam because of the shift to online.