Othello Flashcards
Act 1, Iago reassuring Roderigo of his opinion of Othello
‘I follow him to serve my turn upon him’
Act 1, example of Iago’s two-faced nature
‘I am not what I am’
Examples of slurs
‘Thick lips’ ‘moor’ ‘blackamoor’
Act 1, Othello addressing the duke
‘Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace’
Act 1, Brabantio to Othello on Desdemona’s nature
‘She has deceived her father, and may thee.’
Act 1, Iago about Roderigo
‘Thus do I ever make my fool my purse’
Act 1, Iago about Othello’s ‘actions’ towards Emillia
'’twixt my sheets
He’s done my office. I know not if’t be true,
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety’
Act 1, Iago about his plans, hell/monster imagery
‘Hell and night
Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light’
Act 2, Iago to Roderigo about Desdemona
‘What delight shall she have to look upon the devil?’
Act 2, Cassio about reputation
‘Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation!’
Act 2, Iago about Desdemona, binary opposition
‘I will turn her virtue into pitch’
Act 3, Iago on jealousy
‘Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster’`
Act 3, Othello to Iago about mistrusting Desdemona
‘Give me the ocular proof’
Act 4, Emilia to Iago and Desdemona, dramatic irony
‘I will be hanged, if some eternal villain,
Some busy and insinuating rogue … to get some office, Have not devised this slander.’
Act 4, Desdemona to Emilia about the woman in the willow song, foreshadowing
‘She was in love, and he she loved proved mad’
