Iago Flashcards
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago compare Othello to an ass?
“The Moor is of a free and open nature that thinks men honest that seem to be so; and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are”
In Act 1, Scene 1, where does Iago say he has seen the proof at?
“Seen the proof at Rhodes, at Cyprus and on other grounds”
In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Iago say in regards to him not being appointed Othello’s lieutenant?
“I know my price, I am worth no worse a place”
In Act 1, Scene 1, why does Iago say he follows Othello?
“I follow him to serve my turn upon him”
In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Iago say he is not?
“I am not what I am”
In Act 1, Scene 1, how does Iago use grotesque racist imagery in reference to Desdemona and Othello? (2 Examples)
- “An old black ram is tupping your white ewe”
- “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse”
In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Iago tell Cassio Othello “hath boarded” in reference to Desdemona?
“He tonight hath boarded a land carrack”
In Act 1, Scene 2, how does Iago demonstrate his double-crossing nature in response to Roderigo and Brabantio’s men?
“You, Roderigo! Come, sir, I am for you”
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago question Roderigo’s masculinity in response to him saying he is going to “Incontinently drown myself”?
“Come, be a man. Drown thyself! Drown cats and blind puppies”
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago urge Roderigo to give him money? (2 Examples)
- “Put money in thy purse”
- “Go, make money”
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago suggest a binary opposition between Othello and Desdemona?
“An erring barbarian and a super subtle Venetian”
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago reference Roderigo?
“I ever make my fool my purse”
In Act 1, Scene 3, what does Iago reveal he suspects Othello of doing?
“It is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets, he has done my office”
In Act 1, Scene 3, how does Iago refer to his schemes?
“Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light”
In Act 2, Scene 1, how does Iago demonstrate his misogynistic view of women?
“You rise to play and go to bed to work”
In Act 2, Scene 1, how does Iago use string imagery to suggest his manipulations?
“O, you are well tuned now! But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music”
In Act 2, Scene 1, how does Iago use racist language to convince Roderigo of Desdemona’s infidelity?
“Her eyes must be fed; and what delight shall she have to look upon the devil?”
In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Iago say is the only thing that will “Diet my revenge”?
“I put the Moor into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Iago attempt to provoke Cassio to speak degradingly of Desdemona?
“I’ll warrant her, full of game”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Iago refer to Roderigo?
“My sick fool”
In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Iago say he will do to Othello’s ear?
“I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear”
In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Iago claim he will do to Desdemona’s goodness?
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all”
In Act 2, Scene 3, how does Iago open his soliloquy, suggesting he bathes his own villainy?
“And what’s he then that says I play the villain?”
In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Iago remark regarding him getting revenge on Othello for allegedly sleeping with his wife?
“Nothing can or shall content my soul till I am even’d with him, wife for wife”
In Act 3, Scene 3, what does Iago say to Othello regarding Desdemona and her father?
“She did deceive her father, marrying you”
In Act 3, Scene 3, what does Iago remarking following Desdemona and Cassio’s interaction to Othello? (2 Examples)
- “Ha! I like not that”
- “Cassio, my lord! No sure, I cannot think it, that he would steal away so guilty-like seeing you coming”
In Act 3, Scene 3, what does Iago remark regarding reputation?
“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls”
In Act 3, Scene 3, how does Iago mimic reluctance when implying that he believes Desdemona to be having an affair with Cassio?
“Utter my thoughts? Why, say they are vile and false”
In Act 3, Scene 3, what does Iago famously remark regarding jealousy?
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”
In Act 3, Scene 3, what does Iago instruct Othello to look to?
“Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio”
In Act 3, Scene 3, how does Iago implicate Othello’s race in Desdemona’s supposed infidelity?
“When she seem’d to shake and fear your looks, she loved them most”
In Act 3, Scene 3, how does Iago pave the way for him to present Othello with further “proof” of Desdemona’s infidelity following his account of Cassio’s sleep talking?
“This may help to thicken other proofs that do demonstrate thinly”
In Act 4, Scene 1, how does Iago encourage the inducing of Othello’s seizure by further tormenting him?
Lie… with her, on her; what you will”
In Act 4, Scene 1, how does Iago demonstrate his villainy by instructing Othello on how he should murder Desdemona?
“Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated”
What is Iago’s final line in Act 5, Scene 2?
“Demand me nothing: what you know, you know”
In Act 5, Scene 2, how does Iago attempt to silence Emilia? (2 Examples)
- “Go to, charm your tongue”
- “I charge you, get you home”
In Act 3, Scene 3, how does Iago respond to Othello’s remark that “nature, erring from itself-“?
“… of her own clime, complexion and degree, whereto we see in all things nature tends”
In Act 4, Scene 1, what does Iago say after having gulled Othello?
“Thus credulous fools are caught; and many worth and chaste dames even thus, all guiltless, must reproach”
