Act i, scene i

1. in act i, scene i what reason does iago give for hating othello?

2. what reason does roderigo give for hating othello?

3. what is iago’s master plot to annoy desdemona and othello (act i, scene i)?

4. find and list, with line numbers, two references of othello as the devil in act one.

5. compare the way iago speaks to brabantio with the way roderigo speak to him. what may account for this difference?

6. how does brabantio’s attitude toward roderigo change during the course of act i, scene i?

7. what is brabantio’s explanation of why his daughter has run off with othello?
everything except that she just may like othello

8. scene i and many of the scenes in this play begin in the middle of a conversation. why do you think shakespeare would do this? what effect does it create for the audience?

act i, scene ii

1. the scene opens with iago talking to othello. how is he different around othello than from what we saw in scene i?

2. why is othello so unconcerned about the warning that iago is giving him? what is the warning?

3. what news does cassio arrive with?

4. what does brabantio accuse othello of having done?

6. how does othello answer the charges against him?

act i, scene iii

Critics and writers both praise and criticize the adventures of huckleberry finn. in at least one hundred words summarize the pros and cons of the novel, as some of them see it?

Match the term to the purpose it has. 1. but 2. furthermore 3. meanwhile 4. in the distance 5. first 6. therefore 7. in other words 8. for instance a. show space relation b. introduce an illustration c. repetition of an idea d. take away, limit, or oppose e. show a consequence f. indicate order g. show time relation h. add ideas

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification