Othello Flashcards
Iago. Act 1 quote describing himself.
“I am not what I am”
theme: appearance vs reality
act 1 iago. describing Othello.
“The Moor is of a free and open nature, / That thinks men honest that but seem to be so, / And will as tenderly be led by the nose / As asses are. “
act 1 othello. defending himself to brabantio.
“If virtue no delighted beauty lack, / Your son-in-law is far more fair than black”
act 1 othello. telling brabantio to ask desdemona.
“My life upon her faith”
act 2 cassio. telling iago what he has lost.
“Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. “
what does iago do to make himself a villain? 6 things:
- destroy lives- while looking like a devoted friend
- thrives on a false reputation
- duplicitous
- disingenuous
- enigmatic aura
- sadistic
3 key themes
jealousy
appearance VS Reality
womanhood
act 2 iago. “defending cassio”.
“I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth / Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio”
act 2 iago soliloquy. saying what he will do with desdemona.
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch, / And out of her own goodness will make the net / That shall enmesh them all”
act 3 iago. telling othello to beware of jealousy.
“O beware, my lord of jealousy: / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.”
act 3 iago. telling what men SHOULD be.
“Men should be what they seem; / Or those that be not, would they might seem none!”
act 3 othello. talking about iago.
“This honest creature doubtless / Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds. “
act 4 desdemona. saying how much she loves othello.
“My love doth so approve him / That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns - have grace and favour in them. “
act 4 emilia. telling desdemona about her views on infidelity.
“Who would not make her husband a cuckold, to make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for’t”
act 4 emilia. telling desdemona what they should do and be used
“Then let them use us well; else let them know / The ills we do, their ills instruct us so. “
act 5 othello. how he describes desdemona.
“So sweet was ne’er so fatal. “
act 5 othello. talking to emilia
“She was false as water. “
act 5 emilia. replies to othello
“Thou art rash as fire to say / That she was false. O, she was heavenly true!”
act 5 iago. what he says when his crime is found out.
“Demand me nothing; what you know, you know. / From this time forth I never will speak word. “