Othello Flashcards
Race (ewe, devil, son-in-law)
“an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.”
“the devil will make a grandsire of you”
“your son-in-law is far more fair than black”
Appearance vs Reality (what, speak, men)
“I am not what I am.”
“Speak of me as I am.”
“Men should be what they seem, Or those that be not, would they might seem none!”
Deception (lieutenant, pitch, mince)
“And, good lieutenant, I think you think I love you.”
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall ensnare them all.”
“I know Iago, Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter.”
Jealousy (green-eyed, holy, begot)
“Oh beware my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on.”
“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.”
“But jealous for they’re jealous. It is a monster begot upon itself, born on itself.”
Women (duty, heaven, charity)
Desdemona - “duty, beauty, wit and fortunes”
Emilia - “what he will do with it? Heaven knows, not I.”
Bianca - “bare me some charity to my wit”
Exploitation (wit, mutiny, purse)
“Thou knowest we work by wit, and not by witchcraft.”
“Go out and cry mutiny!”
“Put money in thyne purse.”