Othello Quotes - Themes Flashcards
Quotes on Race
“An old black ram is tupping your white ewe” - Iago
“To fall in love with what she feared to look on… Against all rules of nature” - Brabantio
“I saw Othello’s visage in his mind” - Desdemona
“Haply, for I am black, and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers have” - Othello
“A hornèd man’s a monster and a beast” - Othello
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
“When devils do their blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows as I do now” - Iago
“Sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a super subtle Venetian” - Iago
Quotes on Appearance/Reality
“I saw Othello’s visage in his mind” - Desdemona
“Her honour is an essence that’s not seen: they have it very oft that have it not” - Iago
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
“I am not what I am” - Iago
“When devils do their blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows as I do now” - Iago
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch” - Iago
“So please your grace, my ancient, a man he is of honesty and trust” - Othello
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ” - Iago
Quotes on Manhood/Masculinity
“I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation Iago, my reputation!” - Cassio
“A hornèd man’s a monster and a beast” - Othello
“For naught I did in hate, but all in honour” - Othello
“It is thought abroad that twixt my sheets, he’s done my office” - Iago
“Look to your house, your daughter and your bags” - Iago
Quotes on Misogyny
“Let husbands know their wives have sense like them” - Emilia
“This is a fault” - Othello
“Sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a super subtle Venetian” - Iago
“Look to your house, your daughter and your bags” - Iago
Quotes on Jealousy
“It is thought abroad that twixt my sheets, he’s done my office” - Iago
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ” - Iago
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on” - Iago
Quotes on Language
“Haply, for I am black, and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers have” - Othello
“I should but teach him how to tell my story, and that would woo her… This is the only witchcraft I have used” - Othello
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
Quotes on Reputation
“I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation Iago, my reputation!” - Cassio
“Her honour is an essence that’s not seen: they have it very oft that have it not” - Iago
“Speak of me as I am… Of one that loved not wisely, but too well” - Othello
“For naught I did in hate, but all in honour” - Othello
“So will I turn her virtue into pitch” - Iago
Quotes on Honour
“I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation Iago, my reputation!” - Cassio
“Her honour is an essence that’s not seen: they have it very oft that have it not” - Iago
“A hornèd man’s a monster and a beast” - Othello
“For naught I did in hate, but all in honour” - Othello
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
“It’s thought abroad that twixt my sheets he’s done my office” - Iago
“Look to your house, your daughter and your bags” - Iago
Quotes on Love
“To fall in love with what she feared to look on… Against all rules of nature” - Brabantio
“Speak of me as I am… Of one that loved not wisely, but too well” - Othello
“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them” - Othello
“When I love thee not, chaos is come again” - Othello
“Sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a super subtle Venetian” - Iago
“I saw Othello’s visage in his mind” - Desdemona
“I should but teach him how to tell my story and that would woo her… this is the only witchcraft I have used” - Othello
“This is a fault” - Othello
Quotes on Femininity
“Let husbands know their wives have sense like them” - Emilia
“This is a fault” - Othello
“To fall in love with what she feared to look on” - Brabantio
“I should but teach him how to tell my story and that would woo her” - Othello
“She loved me for the dangers I had passed” - Othello
“Sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a super subtle Venetian” - Iago
Quotes on Religion
“To fall in love with what she feared to look on… Against all rules of nature” - Brabantio
“I am not what I am” - Iago
“When devils do their blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows as I do now” - Iago
“When I love thee not, chaos is come again” - Othello
“Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to world’s light”
- Iago
Quotes on Desire
“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them” - Othello
“This is a fault” - Othello
“I should but teach him how to tell my story, and that would woo her… this is the only witchcraft I have used” - Othello
Quotes on Class
“An old black ram is tupping your white ewe” - Iago
“Haply, for I am black, and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers have” - Othello
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
Quotes on Self-Image
“I saw Othello’s visage in his mind” - Desdemona
“Speak of me as I am… Of one that loved not wisely, but too well” - Othello
“Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace” - Othello
“I am not what I am” - Iago
“When devils do their blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows as I do now” - Iago
“Haply, for I am black, and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers have” - Othello
Quotes on Domesitc & War
“Speak of me as I am… Of one that loved not wisely, but too well” - Othello
“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them” - Othello
