Act 1 Flashcards

1
Q

“I know my ____ I am _____ no worse a ____”

A

Price, worth, place

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2
Q

“But he - as loving his own _____ and _______ - Evades them with a ______ ___________, H______ s______ with _________ of War”

A

Pride and purposes - Evades bombast circumstance Horrible stuffed with epithets

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3
Q

What does Iago say mockingly about Cassio?

A

“Forsooth, a great mathematician”

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4
Q

Why does Iago say he follows Othello?

A

“I follow him to serve my own turn”

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5
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What does Iago say about honesty?

A

“Whip me, such honest knaves”

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6
Q

What does Iago say about his nature?

A

“I am not what I am”

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7
Q

” Look to your ____, your ____, and your ____” “Swounds, sir, you’re ______”

A

house, daughter and your bags, robbed

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8
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What does Iago describe Othello and Desdemona’s relationship to Brabantio?

A

“An old black ram is tupping your white ewe”

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9
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What warning does Brabantio give to fathers?

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“Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds by how you see them act”

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10
Q

“I would not my _______, f___ condition / put into _________ and _____ for the ____’s worth”

A

unhoused, free / circumscription and confine, sea’s

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11
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Othello’s quote about his “perfect soul”

A

“My parts, my title and my perfect soul / Shall manifest me rightly”

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12
Q

Othello’s quote on swords

A

“Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them”

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13
Q

Brabantio’s references to abuse

A

“Abused her delicate youth” “abuser of the world”

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14
Q

Brabantio confronting Othello

A

“O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?”

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15
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Othello on fighting

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“Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it / without a promter”

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16
Q

Othello on why Desdemona loves him

A

“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, / and I loved her that she did pity them”

17
Q

Desdemona addressing her father

A

“My noble father, / I do perceive here a divided duty”

18
Q

Othello describing Iago

A

“my ensign / a man he is of honest and trust”

19
Q

Brabantio warning Othello

A

“Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: / She has deceived her father, and may thee”

20
Q

Iago garden quote

A

“Our bodies are gardeners to which our wills / are gardeners”

21
Q

Iago’s description of love

A

“It is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will”

22
Q

Iago on Desdemona’s choice

A

“When she is sated with his body she will find the errors of her choice”

23
Q

Iago’s cause

A

“I hate the Moor. My cause is hatred”

24
Q

Iago on moors

A

“These Moors are changeable in their wills”

25
Q

Iago on Othello and Desdemona’s marriage

A

“frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a super-subtle Venetian”

26
Q

Brabantio on Othello’s magic

A

“if she in chains of magic” “a practiser/Of arts inhibited and out if warrant” “She is abused, stolen from me, and corrupted/By spells and medicines”

27
Q

Othello addressing the signory

A

“My very noble and approved good masters”

28
Q

Othello saying he’s unfamiliar with venice

A

“little of this great world can I speak”

29
Q

Othello on possessing D

A

“I won his daughter”

30
Q

Othello’s trust of D

A

“My life upon her faith”

31
Q

Iago on working for O

A

And I - God bless the mark! - his Moorship’s ensign

32
Q

Iago on those who serve

A

Doting on his own obsequious bondage

33
Q

Roderigo’s racism

A

What a full fortune does the thick lips owe

34
Q

Roderigo saying he’ll commit suicide

A

I will incontinently drown myself

35
Q

Iago on hell and night

A

Hell and Night / Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light