Othello Quotes

Question 1

Iago Act 1, ‘But I will…

Answer 1

‘But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at’

Question 2

Iago, Act 1, ‘I am…

Answer 2

‘I am not what I am’

Question 3

Iago Act 1, ‘An old…

Answer 3

‘An old black ram is tupping your white ewe’

Question 4

Othello, My parts…

Answer 4

‘My parts, my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly’

Question 5

Othello, my ancient…

Answer 5

‘My ancient: A man he is of honesty’

Question 6

Othello, My life…

Answer 6

“My life upon her faith honest Iago’

Question 7

Othello Act 1 Scene 3, She loved me…

Answer 7

“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them”

Question 8

Cassio Act 2 Scene 3, Reputation…

Answer 8

‘Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!’

Question 9

Emilia, Act 5 Scene 2, Let heaven…

Answer 9

‘Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all, cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak.’

Question 10

Iago, Act 1 Scene 1, Though I do…

Answer 10

‘Though I do hate him as I do hell pains, Yet(…) I must show out a flag and sign of love— Which is indeed but sign’

Question 11

Iago, Act 3 Scene 3, Beware, my lord…

Answer 11

‘Beware, my lord, of jealousy:It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.’

Question 12

Emilia, Act 3 Scene 3, I nothing…

Answer 12

‘I nothing but to please his fantasy’

Question 13

Brabantio, Act 1 scene 3, She has deceived…

Answer 13

‘She has deceived her father, and may thee’

Question 14

Emilia, Act 5 Scene 2, O, the more…

Answer 14

‘O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!’

Question 15

Iago, Act 3 Scene 3, Look to…

Answer 15

‘Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio; Wear your eye thus, not jealous nor secure’

Question 16

Desdemona, Act 4 Scene 2, I understand

Answer 16

‘I understand a fury in your words, but not the words’

Question 17

Emilia, Act 4 Scene 2, If any wretch…

Answer 17

‘If any wretch have put this in your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse’

Question 18

Othello, Act 3 Scene 3, I’ll see…

Answer 18

‘I’ll see before I doubt…Away at once with love or jealousy’

Question 19

Othello, Act 3 Scene 3, Excellent…

Answer 19

‘Excellent Wretch! Perdition catch my soul but I do love thee and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.’

Question 20

Brabantio, Act 1 Scene 1, The devil will

Answer 20

‘The devil will make a grandsire of you’

Question 21

Brabantio, Act 1 Scene 3, Thou hast

Answer 21

‘Thou hast enchanted her’

Question 22

Iago, Act 1 Scene 3, The moors are

Answer 22

‘The moors are changeable in their will’

Question 23

Othello, Act 3 Scene 3, Be sure

Answer 23

‘Be sure thou prove my love a whore’

Question 24

Cassio, Act 2 Scene 3, I have

Answer 24

‘I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking’

Question 25

Emilia, Act 2 Scene 1, You have

Answer 25

‘You have little cause to say so’

Question 26

Emilia, Act 4 Scene 2, I durst

Answer 26

‘I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest play down my soul at stake’

Question 27

Emilia, Act 5 Scene 2, Thou art rash

Answer 27

‘Thou are rash as fire to say that she was false: O she was heavenly true’

Question 28

Emilia, Act 5 Scene 2, Lay me

Answer 28

‘Lay me by my mistress’

Question 29

Desdemona, Act 2 Scene 1, The heavens

Answer 29

‘The heavens forbid but that our loves and comforts should increase’