Character - Othello

Question 1

quotes to show Othello as a mediator who is prudent and level headed. include where it is in the play

Answer 1

“keep up your bright swords for the dew will rust them.”
Act 1 Scene 2

Question 2

give quotes for Othello as a leader

Answer 2

“Cassio, I live thee,/But never more be officer of mind”
Act 2 Scene 3

Question 3

Give quotes to show Othello as a doting husband

Answer 3

“Send for the lady…/And let her speak of me to her father.”
Act 1 Scene 3

“She loved me for the dangers I had passed,/ And I loved her that she did pity them.”
Act 1 Scene 3

Question 4

quotes to show Othello as the lover

Answer 4

“My soul’s joy,/ If after every tempest come such calms,/May the winds blow till they have weakened death,”
Act 2 Scene 1

“The greatest discords be/That e’er our hearts shall make,”
Act 2 Svene 1

Question 5

Give quotes to show Othello as a gullible discipline

Answer 5

unwavering faith in Desdemona’s loyalty he tells Iago “Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw/ The smallest fear or doubt of her revolt,”
Act 3 Scene 3

and says to himself “If she be false, O then heaven mocks itself,” Act 3 scene 3

Shakespeare implies Othello’s trust is greater than his own self doubt or insecurity “O then heaven mocks itself” Desdemona’s honesty is the foundation of Othellos own worldview.

Othello too thick to trust especially Iago - “good Iago” Act 2 Scene 1
“most honest” Act 2 Scene 3
“full of love and honesty” Act 3 scene 3
othello is naive in his blind trust.

Question 6

Othello as the rational thinker