Othello: Act 2 Flashcards
If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned
Montano to Gentlemen
The ship is here put in,
A Veronesa. Michael Cassio,
Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
Is come on shore.
Gentlemen to Othello
They do discharge their shot of courtesy.
Our friends at least.
Second gentlemen to Cassio
He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description and wild fame,
Cassio To Montano
Tis one Iago, ancient to the general.
Gentleman to Cassio
Their mortal natures, letting go safely by
The divine Desdemona.
Cassio to Gentlemen
She that I spake of, our great captain’s captain,
Left in the conduct of the bold Iago,
Cassio to Montano
I thank you, valiant Cassio.
What tidings can you tell me of my lord?
Desdemona to Cassio
Good ancient, you are welcome.—Welcome, mistress.
Let it not gall your patience, good Iago,
That I extend my manners. ‘Tis my breeding
That gives me this bold show of courtesy.
Cassio to Iago
Sir, would she give you so much of her lips
As of her tongue she oft bestows on me,
You’ll have enough.
Iago to Cassio
Oh, most lame and impotent conclusion! Do not learn of him, Emilia, though he be thy husband.
Desdemona o Emilia
How say you, Cassio? Is he not a most profane and liberal counselor?
Desdemona to Cassio
He speaks home, madam. You may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar.
Cassio to Desdemona
Ay, well said, whisper! With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio.
Iago to Himself
If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oft,
Iago to Himself
The Moor! I know his trumpet.
Iago to Cassio
If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
Othello to Desdemona
If it were now to die,
‘Twere now to be most happy
Othello to Desdemona
Oh, you are well tuned now,
But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music,
As honest as I am.
Iago to Himself
Desdemona is directly in love with him.
Iago to Roderigo
Her eye must be fed, and what delight shall she have to look on the devil?
Iago to Cassio
there should be a game to inflame it and to give satiety a fresh appetite,
Iago to Roderigo