Othello Flashcards
Written when?
1603
Who ruled?
Elizabeth died in March, succeeded by king James VI
Act 3 Scene 3 p.125 Othello is rational
No Iago, I’ll see before I doubt.
Act 1 Scene 3 p.33 Othello and Desdemona’s love story
She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did pity them.
Act 2 Scene 3 p.93 Othello loves Iago
Your honesty and love doth mince this matter
Act 4 Scene 2 p.197 Desdemona’s love can’t die
His unkindness may defeat my life but never taint my love.
Act 3 Scene 4 p.153 Emilia married too early
This not a year or two shows us a man
Act 1 Scene 1 p.3 Iago judges Cassio
A fellow almost damned in a fair wife
Act 1 Scene 2 p.17 Othello has faith in peoples judgments of him
My parts, my title and my perfect soul will manifest me rightly.
Act 1 Scene 2 p.19 Brabantio claims witchcraft
Thou hast enchanted her
To the sooty bosom of such a thing as thou
Act 1 Scene 3 p.27 Othello can’t speak
Little blessed with the soft phrase of peace
Act 1 Scene 3 p.33 Desdemona knew he was dangerous
She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished that heaven had made her such a man.
Act 1 Scene 3 p.33 Desdemona is caught in the middle of
I do perceive here a divided duty
Act 1 Scene 3 p.41 sweet or rascist…?
Your son-in-law is far more fair than black
Act 1 Scene 3 p.41 Brabantio knows what’s up
She has deceived her father, and may thee
Act 1 Scene 3 p.43 Iago’s opinion on D and O’s marriage
A frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian
Act 1 Scene 3 p.45 Iago doesn’t check the facts
for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety.
Act 1 Scene 3 p.47 iago casts a magic spell
Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light
Act 2 Scene 1 p.61 Cassio’s view of Desdemona
Divine Desdemona
Our great captain’s captain.
Iago act 2 scene 1 p.71 Iago is an artist
But I’ll set down the pegs that make the music
Iago Act 2 Scene 1 p.73 Iago and wine
The wine she drinks is made of grapes
act 2 scene 1 p.75 an eye for an eye
Wife for wife
Act 2 scene 3 p.89 those that react to anger die
He that stirs next to carve for his own rage holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Act 2 scene 3 p.93 foreshadowing Othello’s actions
as men in rage strike those that wish him best
Act 2 Scene 3 p.95 Casso’s rule of three
Reputation, reputation, reputation!
Act 3 scene 3 p.119 Othello predicts the end of the world
When I love thee not, Chaos is come again.
Iago Act 3 Scene 3 p.123 Iago admits he’s delulu
Oft my jealousy shapes faults that are not.
Act 3 Scene 3 p.125 that really famous quote
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.
Act 3 Scene 3 p.133 Emilia wants to please Iago
I nothing but to please his fantasy
Act 3 Scene 3 p.135 coward’s weapon
The moor already changes with my poison
Act 3 Scene 3 p.139 Iago’s thoughts on honesty
For honesty’s a fool, And loses that it works for
Act 3 Scene 3 p.139 Othello is rascist
Begrimed and black as mine own face.
Act 4 scene 1 p.167 Othello references the plague
As doth the raven o’er the infected house
Why is Iago obsessed with being ‘a man?’
It adds emphasis to the betrayal Desdemona has caused Othello, ruining his reputation as a man.
Act 4 scene 1 p.183 Othello - Crocodile tears
If that the earth could teem with woman’s tears, each drop would prove a crocodile.
Act 4 Scene 2 p.187 Othello hates Emilia
She’s a simple bawd that cannot say much.
Act 4 Scene 2 p.199 Roderigo calls Iago out
your words and performances are no kin together
Act 4 scene 3 p.209 Emilia is a feminist icon
But i do think it is their husbands’ faults if wives do fall
Act 5 Scene 1 p.219 Iago doesn’t care who dies
Every way makes my gain.
Act 5 Scene 1 p.221 Othello wants lust for lust
Thy bed lust-stained shall with lust’s blood be spotted.
Act 5 Scene 1 p.227 Bianca knows her worth
But of life as honest as you that thus abuse me
Act 5 Scene 2 p.229 Othello talks about Desdemona’s Whitness
That whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster.
Act 5 Scene 2 p.237 Desdemona protects Othello
A guiltless death i die
Nobody. I myself.
Act 5 Scene 2 p.241 Emilia criticises their marriage.
She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.
Act 5 Scene 5 p.251 Iago refuses to speak
Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.
Act 5 Scene 2 p.249 Othello misses Desdemona
Cold, cold. My girl. Even like thy chastity.
