othello quotes

Question 1

personification of the storm and villainy

Answer 1

• hath ruffained so upon the sea
• foul and violent tempest
• villainy, villainy, villainy…I think I smell’t !

Question 2

poison imagery/references

Answer 2

• my med’cine works
• the moor already changes with my poison
• “pour this pestilence into his sweet ear” and destroy Othello’s “sweet sleep”
• get me some poison , Iago

Question 3

racism towards Othello

Answer 3

• “his Moorship”
• “your daughter and the moor are making a beast with two backs” (animalistic)
• blacker devil
• Iago describes him as an “old black ram” and a “Barbary horse”

Question 4

Iago’s soliloquies and asides

Answer 4

• expend time with such a snipe
• “And nothing can or shall content my soul till I am even’d with him, wife for wife”
• at least into jealousy so strong that judgement cannot cure ( cure implies a sickness which further links to medicine/poison imagery)
• “I hate the Moor” ( Act 1 scene 3)

Question 5

key quotes from Act 3/3 ( turning point)

first half of scene when D is nice to Iago and uses language of law then Othello gives Iago power

Answer 5

-Desdemona on Iago - “O, that’s an honest fellow”
-Language of law “I give thee warrant…..to the last article”
“thy solicitor shall rather die”
-“green eyed monster” describes Iago and also the jealousy to occur in Othello’s head
-“I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt , prove” giving Iago power and motivation to prove Desdemona’s infidelity

Question 6

Act 3/3 second half of scene when Othello has his first soliloquy and then the handkerchief is found and then the ceremony / kneeling happens

Answer 6

• Othello’s soliloquy - “this fellow’s of exceeding honesty”
• Handkerchief is found “first remembrance of the moor”
• Othello “kneels” to Iago
• marriage ceremony / pact “witness here that Iago doth give up ….. Othello’s service”

Question 7

woman in the Elizabethan Era
what are woman referred to
how does Desdemona’s father see her
what is Emilia called and how does she react

Answer 7

-“spinster”
- Iago refers to his wife as a “villainous whore” and “filth”
- “fathers from hence , trust not your daughters minds”
- Emilia’s outbreak at the end “ let husbands know their wives have sense like them”
“ although we have some grace yet we have some revenge” she has not been blinded by the corrupt society

Question 8

Act 5 scene 2

Opening and Desdemona’s murder before and after !

Answer 8

"put out the light , and then put out the light"
"when I have plucked the rose"
"be now a huge eclipse"
"yonder foul murders done"
"nobody - I myself. Farewell"

Question 9

Act 5 scene 2
Emilia confronts Iago and then exposes him
Hell imagery helps to further imply Iago is the devil
Othello’s final speech
Iago silenced

Answer 9

“I will not charm my tongue , I am bound to speak”
“ villainy, villainy , villainy … I think I smell’t”
Iago finally named as a “notorious villain”
“roast me in sulphur” “gulfs of liquid fire”
“speak of me as I am”
“I will never speak word”

Question 10

Desdemona’s goodness
language of law
defends othello
shes kind of holy aswell

Answer 10

• she is a “paragon” of goodness
• uses language of law “ i give thee warant… to the last article” “thy solicitor”
• “th’essential vesture of creation”
• “nobody; I, myself. Farewell.”
• “she is indeed perfect”
• ” commend me to my kind lord”