Act 1 Flashcards
“I know my ____ I am _____ no worse a ____”
Price, worth, place
“But he - as loving his own _____ and _______ - Evades them with a ______ ___________, H______ s______ with _________ of War”
Pride and purposes - Evades bombast circumstance Horrible stuffed with epithets
What does Iago say mockingly about Cassio?
“Forsooth, a great mathematician”
Why does Iago say he follows Othello?
“I follow him to serve my own turn”
What does Iago say about honesty?
“Whip me, such honest knaves”
What does Iago say about his nature?
“I am not what I am”
” Look to your ____, your ____, and your ____” “Swounds, sir, you’re ______”
house, daughter and your bags, robbed
What does Iago describe Othello and Desdemona’s relationship to Brabantio?
“An old black ram is tupping your white ewe”
What warning does Brabantio give to fathers?
“Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds by how you see them act”
“I would not my _______, f___ condition / put into _________ and _____ for the ____’s worth”
unhoused, free / circumscription and confine, sea’s
Othello’s quote about his “perfect soul”
“My parts, my title and my perfect soul / Shall manifest me rightly”
Othello’s quote on swords
“Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them”
Brabantio’s references to abuse
“Abused her delicate youth” “abuser of the world”
Brabantio confronting Othello
“O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?”
Othello on fighting
“Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it / without a promter”
Othello on why Desdemona loves him
“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, / and I loved her that she did pity them”
Desdemona addressing her father
“My noble father, / I do perceive here a divided duty”
Othello describing Iago
“my ensign / a man he is of honest and trust”
Brabantio warning Othello
“Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: / She has deceived her father, and may thee”
Iago garden quote
“Our bodies are gardeners to which our wills / are gardeners”
Iago’s description of love
“It is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will”
Iago on Desdemona’s choice
“When she is sated with his body she will find the errors of her choice”
Iago’s cause
“I hate the Moor. My cause is hatred”
Iago on moors
“These Moors are changeable in their wills”
