So why does the play, which is supposed to be about love and military honour, seem to be full of images of animals and hell? This Othello Literary Devices Quiz will test your knowledge of the dramatic irony and extended metaphors Shakespeare uses to foreshadow the moral degradation of his protagonist.
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Othello Literary Devices Quiz Questions
- What literary device is used when Iago calls jealousy “the green-eyed monster”?
- When Othello says “Put out the light, and then put out the light,” what device is present?
- What device is used in Othello’s claim that Desdemona’s “name...is now begrimed and black”?
- Which literary device does Iago use to speak directly to the audience about his schemes?
- What is Shakespeare using when Othello says “She loved me for the dangers I had passed”?
- The line “O beware, my lord, of jealousy” employs which device?
- When Desdemona’s purity is described as “whiter than snow,” what device is that?
- What is created when the audience knows Iago’s deceit but Othello does not?
- What literary device does Iago use when he says “I am not what I am”?
- When Othello describes his mind as “perplexed in the extreme,” this is an example of what?
- What is used when Iago calls Cassio “a fellow almost damned in a fair wife”?
- The handkerchief serves as what kind of literary device?
- When Othello says, “I kissed thee ere I killed thee,” what device appears?
- What device is used when Emilia describes jealousy as “a monster begot upon itself”?
- Which device is used in “Good name in man and woman...is the immediate jewel of their souls”?
- What is Iago using when he says, “Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners”?
- When Othello refers to “the fountain from the which my current runs,” what device is that?
- What device occurs when Desdemona’s tears are described as “fresh as her virtue”?
- What is the literary effect of Iago calling himself “honest Iago”?
- When Othello calls Desdemona “my fair warrior,” what is used?
- The phrase “thick-lips” used by Iago and Roderigo is an example of what device?
- What device appears when Othello says, “She’s gone, I am abused”?
- When Desdemona says “his unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love,” what is used?
- What does the recurring reference to animals throughout the play represent?
- What is shown when Othello’s noble nature leads to his downfall?
- When Othello says “Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell,” what device appears?
- What is used when Iago tells Othello that Cassio “did top” Desdemona?
- When Othello says “My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly,” what is that?
- When Desdemona’s innocence contrasts with Iago’s malice, what device is that?
- The storm in Act 2 symbolizes what literary concept?