Othello - Quotes Flashcards
Othello - Justifying Desdemona loved him
“she loved me for the dangers I had passed”
Othello - Justifying Brabantio’s love for him (1,3)
“Her father loved me, oft invited me”
Iago - Racist terminogy against Othello at start (1,1)
“Old Black Ram”
Iago - Planting the idea of Desdemona and Cassio (3,3)
“Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio;”
Othello - demanding proof for claims Iago has been making about Desdemona and Cassio (3,3)
“Give me the ocular proof”
Othello - Objectifying Desdemona with discriminatory language (3,3)
“Villain, be sure through prove me love a whore”
Iago - Symbol for hoping his manipulation to work
“Work on, My medicine, work!”
Emilia - Standing up, feminist (4,2)
“To be called whore? Wold it not make one weep?”
Desdemona - loyalty, to Cassio (3,3)
“If I do vow a friendship, I’ll perform it”
Iago - Dramatic irony to showcase how Iago will frame Cassio with the hankerchief
“I will in Cassio’s lodging lose this napkin. And let him find it”
Othello - realization that Desdemona is dead (5,2)
“My wife? My wife? What wife? I have no wife.”
Desdemona - Proving her innocence until death (5,2)
“a guiltless death I die”
Desdemona - suspects something is on Othello’s mind (2,1)
“Why do you speak so startingly and rash?”
Desdemona - showcases her devotion to Othello (3,3)
“whatever you be, I am obedient”
Iago - Jealousy, stating he deserved the promotion more than Cassio
“I know my price, I am worth no less a place”
