Quiz Guide Maguire (Othello Language and Writing OLW) Chapter 1 part 1 (19-44)

• What are some of the "small words" this play will be concerned with?
• What is one of the hazards of being defined by narrative?
• What is an example of the play's many "inset narratives" in Act 1?
• Despite the fact that Othello "disavows rhetorical ability," what is an example of his rhetorical skill?
• How are the earliest editions of Othello's first speech "misleading" in their punctuation?
• How does Othello's language portray Desdemona's reaction to his "flashback" or "back story"?
• Give an example of contradictory narratives in the first act.
• How will the handkerchief become an "emblem"? Explain.
• Explain one example of the play's problemmatic use of "I say."
• Explain one example of Iago's use of "yet."
• Why is it important, according to the author, that Iago swears by Janus?
• How does Iago exploit "the psychology of negation"?
• Why could Iago be a cognitive psychologist today?
• Give an example of Iago's using "euphemism" (not euphuism) to obfuscate.
• Why is Iago's use of "quat" misleading?
• Give an example of Iago gaining authority through "aphorism."
• Why won't you find Iago's aphorisms in an early modern book of proverbs?