Othello A4 Flashcards
A4:1 - Othello: ‘Noses, ears and lips…
Confess! Handkerchief! O devil!’
A4:1 - Iago: ‘he foams at the mouth, and…
…breaks out to savage madness’
A4:1 - Bianca: ‘some minx’s…
…token’
A4:1 - Othello: ‘How shall I…
…murder him Iago?
A4:1 - Othello: ‘let her rot and perish…
…my heart is turned to stone’
A4:1 - Iago: ‘Do not it not with poison, …
…strangle her in her bed - even the bed she hath contaminated.’
A4:1 - Othello: Devil!…
…[striking her]’
A4:1 - Othello: ‘Each drop she falls…
…would prove a crocodile’
A4:1 - Lodovico: ‘Is this the noble Moor…
…the nature [of] whom passion could not shake?’
A4:2 - Emilia: ‘I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest…
…Lay down my soul at stake’
A4:2 - Othello: ‘Heaven truly knows…
…that thou art false as hell’
A4:2 - Othello: ‘would thou had’st…
…ne’er been born!’
A4:2 - Othello: ‘Impudent…
…strumpet.’
A4:2 - Othello: ‘that cunning…
…whore of Venice’
A4:2 - Emilia: ‘How do you, …
…my good lady?’
- Emilia ignores Othello’s attempt to dismiss her.
A4:2 - Emilia: ‘A beggar in his drink…
… / Could not have laid such terms upon his callat.’
A4:2 - Emilia: ‘some most villainous…
…knave.’
A4:2 - Desdemona: ‘His unkindness may defeat…
…my life but never taint my love’
A4:3 - Desdemona: ‘Even his stubbornness, …
…his checks, his frowns… have grace and favour.’
A4:3 - Des: My mother had a…
…maid called Barbary…he she loved proved mad’
A4:3 - Des: ‘She died singing it. …
…That song tonight / Will not go from my mind.’
A4:3 - Des: ‘Let nobody blame him…
…his scorn I approve.’
A4:3 - Des: ‘That there be women do abuse…
…their husbands in such gross kind?’
A4:3 - Des: ‘It is their husbands’ fault…
…if wives do fall’
A4:3- Emilia: ‘The world’s a huge thing: …
…it is a great price / For a small vice.’
- Almost mercenary.
A4:3 - Emilia: ‘Who would not make…
…her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?’
- Mercenary.
A4:3 - Emilia: ‘Let husbands know / Their wives…
…have sense like them’
- Sexual appetite/desires.
