Othello 2.1 Flashcards
“the man
commands like a full soldier”-Montano
-Showing the respect for Othello from many people
(Montano and the Duke)
” ‘Tis my
breeding that gives me this bold show of courtesy.”-Cassio
- theme- appearance versus reality
- Cassio has no meaning to this other than friendship
- Iago decides to exploit this, by making Cassio seem overly friendly to Othello, again, Iago leaves Othello’s mid to fill in the blanks
“I find
it still when I have list to sleep.”-Iago
-Iago is disrespectful to women as people as he wont even listen to his own wife, showing he doesn’t really care for her
“pictures
out of doors, bells in your parlours”-Iago
- Iago will find anything to degrade a woman’s character
- these opinions are used to trick Othello later on
“With as
little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio”-Iago
- theme-appearance versus reality
- Iago is the spider and Cassio and Desdemona are the flies that get themselves caught in the trap as Desdemona keeps talking about Cassio to Othello, further confirming Othello’s suspicions
“My soul
hath her content so absolute that not another comfort like to this succeeds in unknown fate.”-Othello
- ironic as this is in fact the best that it gets and it goes downhill from here.
- Othello is correct here
“Desdemona is
directly in love with him”-Iago
- theme-appearance versus reality
- keeping Roderigo in his grasps and gets him to contribute in the plan for Cassio to lose his job and eventually the murder plot
- Iago manipulating tog et what he wants
“And what
delight shall she have to look on the devil?”-Iago
- theme-appearance and reality
- Iago says that just as the devil is black so too is Othello
- Increases Roderigo’s hate for Othello by depicting him in such a bad light
“I will do
this, if you can bring it to any opportunity.”-Roderigo
“but that was but courtesy”-Roderigo
“They met so near with their lips that their breaths embraced together”-Iago
-convince Roderigo that Desdemona is in love with Cassio
-show the extent at which Iago is able to manipulate peoples thoughts and opinions to suit his own desires
“Now, I do
love her too, not out of absolute lust”-Iago
“but partly led to diet my revenge”-Iago
“hath leap’d into my seat”-Iago
“wife for wife”-Iago
-characterisation. showing her how much of a vengeful person Iago is and spiteful he is and how he is unable to let someone be happy
“a jealousy
so strong that judgement cannot cure.”-Iago
- he doesn’t have enough evidence to prove his points
- so he must play mental games with Othello
- showing how manipulative Iago is
