Mrs Reed Othello Quote Cards Flashcards
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Iago, A1S1, masters and followers
“I follow him to serve my turn upon him. We cannot all be masters, nor all masters can be truly followed”
Iago, A1S1, heart
“I will wear my heart upon my sleeve”
Iago, A1S1, black ram wink wink nudge nudge
“Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping ypur white ewe”
Brabantio, A1S1, Iago as villain
“Thou art a villain”
Brabantio, A1S1, Desdemona as deceitful
“If thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and may thee”
Othello, A1S1, Iago as honest
“Honest Iago”
Iago, A2S3, Othello’s trust in Cassio
“I fear the trust Othello puts him in”
Cassio, A2S3, Reputation
“Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation”
Iago, A3S3, Jealousy
“It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”
Othello, A3S3, Chaos
“Chaos is come again”
Othello, A3S3, Iago and love
“I know thou’rt full of love and honesty”
Iago, A3S3, Advice to Othello on Cassio and Desdemona together
“I speak not of proof, look to your wife, oserve her well with Cassio; Wear your eyes thus: not jealous, nor secure.”
Othello, A3S3, Desdemona as false, Heaven
“If she be false, O then heaven mocks itself: I’ll not believe’t”
Othello, A3S3, Duality of opinion on Desde and his surroundings
“I think my wife be honest, and think she is not/ I think that thou art just, and think thou art not”
Iago, A4S4, Telling Othello how to kill Desde properly
“Do not with poison; strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated”
Emilia, A4S2, Defending Desdemona’s honour
“She is honest, Lay down my soul at stake: if you think other, remove your thought”
Emilia, A4S2, On Othello being deceived
“The Moor’s abused by some most villainous knave, soma base notorious knave”
Roderigo, A5S1, Shouting after being stabbed by Iago
“O damned Iago! O inhuman dog!”
Othello, A5S2, Justifying to himself why he must kill Desdemona
“Yet I’ll not shed her blood, nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow […] Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men”
Othello, A5S2, Desdemona, prayer
“Have you prayed tonight, Desdemona?”
Othello A5S2, Neglecting Desde’s existence
“My wife, my wife! What wife? I have no wife. O insupportable! O heavy hour!”
Emilia, A5S2, Calling out Othello on his murder
“The Moor hath killed my mistress! Murder, murder!”
Emilia, A5S2, Confronting Iago
“You told a lie, an odious damned lie, Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie”
Othello, A5S2, Honour vs honesty
“But why should Honour outlive Honesty?”
Othello, A5S2, Summarising his tragedy
“Of one that loved not wisely, but too well/Of one not easily jealous, being wrought/ Perplexed in the extreme”
