Othello Quotes Flashcards
Who says, ‘I am not what I am.’?
Iago, Act 1, Scene 1
Who warns Othello about Desdemona’s deceit?
‘Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and may thee.’
Brabantio, Act 1, Scene 3
What does Desdemona say about her duty?
‘My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty.’
Desdemona, Act 1, Scene 3
What does the Duke of Venice say about Othello?
‘If virtue no delighted beauty lack, your son-in-law is far more fair than black.’
Duke of Venice, Act 1, Scene 3
What does Iago say about his feelings towards Othello?
‘I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets he has done my office.’
Iago, Act 1, Scene 3
What metaphor does Iago use regarding will and bodies?
‘Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.’
Iago, Act 1, Scene 3
What exclamation does Iago make?
‘Blessed fig’s-end!’
Iago, Act 1, Scene 3
What does Iago say about playing and working?
‘You rise to play and go to bed to work.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 1
What does Iago plan to do with Cassio?
‘With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 1
What does Iago say about Desdemona’s love for Othello?
‘The wine she drinks is made of grapes: if she had been blessed, she would never have loved the Moor.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 1
What does Iago say about tuning and music?
‘O, you are well tuned now! But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 1
What does Iago say he will do to Othello?
‘I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 3
What does Cassio lament about his reputation?
‘Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!’
Cassio, Act 2, Scene 3
What does Iago say he will do to Desdemona’s virtue?
‘So will I turn her virtue into pitch, and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all.’
Iago, Act 2, Scene 3
What warning does Iago give about jealousy?
‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’
Iago, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Iago say about trifles and jealousy?
‘Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.’
Iago, Act 3, Scene 3
What internal conflict does Othello express?
‘I think my wife be honest, and think she is not; I think that thou art just, and think thou art not.’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Iago say about Desdemona’s past?
‘She did deceive her father, marrying you.’
Iago, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Othello say about his state of mind?
‘Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Othello demand from Iago?
‘Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, be sure of it, give me the ocular proof.’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What curse does Othello mention about marriage?
‘O curse of marriage, that we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites!’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Iago say about Othello’s change?
‘The Moor already changes with my poison.’
Iago, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Othello demand from Iago regarding Desdemona?
‘Give me a living reason she’s disloyal.’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Othello call for in his rage?
‘Arise, black vengeance, from the hollow hell!’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
What does Othello say about his hand?
‘This hand is moist, my lady.’
Othello, Act 3, Scene 4
What metaphor does Emilia use about men and women?
‘They are all but stomachs, and we all but food: they eat us hungerly, and when they are full, they belch us.’
Emilia, Act 3, Scene 4
What does Othello say he will do to Desdemona?
‘I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me!’
Othello, Act 4, Scene 1
What does Othello say about Desdemona’s tears?
‘Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.’
Othello, Act 4, Scene 1
What does Iago suggest Othello do to Desdemona?
‘Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.’
Iago, Act 4, Scene 1
What does Lodovico question about Othello?
‘Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate call all-in-all sufficient?’
Lodovico, Act 4, Scene 1
What does Desdemona say about Othello’s command?
‘He hath commanded me to go to bed, and bade me to dismiss you.’
Desdemona, Act 4, Scene 3
What does Emilia say about wives and husbands?
‘Let husbands know their wives have sense like them: they see, and smell, and have their palates both for sweet and sour, as husbands have.’
Emilia, Act 4, Scene 3
What curse does Emilia invoke?
‘If any wretch have put this in your head, let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse!’
Emilia, Act 4, Scene 2
What does Othello say about Desdemona’s fate?
‘Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men.’
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Desdemona plead for?
‘Have mercy on me!’
Desdemona, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Desdemona say before her death?
‘Nobody; I myself. Farewell: Commend me to my kind lord.’
Desdemona, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia say about Desdemona and Othello?
‘O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia question about Othello’s accusations?
‘My husband say that she was false?’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia exclaim about ignorance?
‘O gull! O dolt! As ignorant as dirt!’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia say about villainy?
‘Villainy, villainy, villainy! I think upon’t, I think I smell’t: O villainy!’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia declare about speaking the truth?
‘I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to speak.’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia say about Desdemona’s love?
‘Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor.’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Othello lament at the end?
‘O fool! fool! fool!’
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Othello say before his death?
‘I kissed thee ere I killed thee: no way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss.’
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Lodovico say about the situation?
‘This is thy work. The object poisons sight! Let it be hid.’
Lodovico, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Iago say about knowledge?
‘Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word.’
Iago, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Emilia say about foolish husbands?
‘What should such a fool do with so good a wife?’
Emilia, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Iago say after being wounded?
‘I bleed, sir, but not killed.’
Iago, Act 5, Scene 2
What does Othello say about his service to the state?
‘I have done the state some service, and they know’t.’
Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
