Othello Quotes

Question 1

Quotes which show Othello’s Nobility and Status.

Answer 1

1 - “Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” (Othello Act 1 Scene 3)
2 - “The moor is of a free and open nature, that thinks men honest that but seem to be so” (Iago Act 1 Scene 3)

Question 2

Quotes which show Othello’s love for Desdemona.

Answer 2

1 - “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them” (Othello Act 1 scene 3)
2 - “Tis true: there’s magic in the web of it” (Othello Act 3 Scene 4)

Question 3

Quotes which show Jealousy and Othello’s Growing Insecurity.

Answer 3

1 - “I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove; and on the proof, there is no more but this: Away at once with love or jealousy!” (Othello Act 3 Scene 3)
2 - “She did deceive her father, marrying you” (Iago Act 3 Scene 3)

Question 4

Othello’s rage and Resolution to kill Desdemona and Cassio.

Answer 4

1 - “How shall I murder him, Iago?” (Othello Act 4 Scene 1)
2 - “I cry you mercy then: I took you for that cunning whore of Venice” (Othello Act 4 Scene 2)

Question 5

Othello’s Tragic Downfall.

Answer 5

1 - “Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men” (Othello Act 5 Scene 2)
2 - “It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul” (Othello Act 5 Scene 2)

Question 6

Aftermath and Othello’s legacy.

Answer 6

1 - “An honourable murder, if you will: for naught I did in hate, but all in honour.” (Act 5 Scene 2)
2 - “From this time forth I never will speak word” (Iago Act 5 Scene 2)