Othello Quotes

Question 1

Othello- relationship founded on a basis of fantastical tales

Answer 1

‘She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.’

Question 2

Race not an issue for Brabantio until it disrupts natural order of things

Answer 2

‘Her father loved me’

Question 3

Work/wife obfuscated

Answer 3

‘My fair warrior’

Question 4

Ironic misplaced trust in Iago’

Answer 4

I know, Iago thy honesty and love doth mince this matter’

Question 5

Othello requires ocular proof of Desdemona’s infidelity

Answer 5

‘No, Iago, I’ll see before I doubt.’

Question 6

Othello’s lack of remorse and excuse for his uxoricide

Answer 6

‘Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well.’

Question 7

Othello has severed his own self from the man who killed D and the man he is now

Answer 7

‘That’s he that was Othello. Here I am.’

Question 8

Othello requires a cathartic explanation from Iago for the events of the play

Answer 8

‘Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?’