Iago Flashcards
Iago admits he is deceptive
‘I am not what I am’
Iago describes Desdemona as a possession to be stole
‘Thieves, thieves! Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags!’
animalistic sexual imagery
‘an old black ram is tupping your white ewe’
marriage is for monetary gain
‘he tonight hath boarded a land carrack’
Othello is too flawed for Desdemona
‘she will find the error of her choice’
Iago questions women’s purity
‘you rise to play and go to bed to work’
Othello is not pleasing enough to satisfy Desdemona
‘Her eye must be fed. And what delight shall she have to look on the devil?’
According to Iago, Othello is lacking these traits
‘years, manners and beauties: all which the Moor is defective in’
Iago craves Othello’s validation
‘Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me’
Iago suspects that Othello and Emilia had an affair
‘I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leap’d into my seat’
Reputation is irrelevant to Iago
‘Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving’
Iago to Cassio about loving him
‘I think you think I love you’
ear imagery
‘I’ll pour pestilence into his ear’
Iago reassures Othello of his love
‘My lord, you know I love you’
Jealousy
‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on’
