Iago Quotes Flashcards
Manipulating Othello for personal gain
‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him.’
Exploiting Roderigo’s capitalism
‘Put money in thy purse’
Possible cause for ‘vengeance’
‘It is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets he’s done my office.’
Plants seeds of doubt/jealousy
‘She did deceive her father, marrying you.’
Warning of dangers of jealousy
‘Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’
Understands significance of handerchief
‘Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmation strong as proofs of holy writ’
Orders Othello to kill Desdemona
‘Strangle her in bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.’
Ironic spin on trust and supposed treachery of Cassio
‘Men should be what they seem, or those that be not, would they might seem none!’
Parodic allusion warping God’s words into a negative formulation, Iago indicates his identity as a diabolical figure
‘I am not what I am’
