quotes about DECEPTION

Question 1

Iago who hast had my purse if the strings were thine - (Roderigo)

Answer 1

act 1 scene 1
analysis : immediatly it’s revealed that Roderigo is the puppet master here - he holds the power

Question 2

I follow him to serve my turn upon him - (Iago)

Answer 2

act 1 scene 1
analysis : reaveals Iago’s malicious intents - whilst crafting a sense of dramatic irony for audiences

Question 3

I am not what I am - (Iago)

Answer 3

act 1 scene 1
analysis : reaveals Iago’s duplicitous nature - there’s two sides to him

Question 4

put money in thy purse - (Iago)

Answer 4

act 1 scene 3
analysis : reaveals Iago’s deception - he has the ability to manipulate people economically

Question 5

hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to world’s light - (Iago)

Answer 5

act 1 scene 3
analysis : reaveals the lengths he will go to, to carry out his plan. he is evil

Question 6

with as little a web as this, I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio - (Iago)

Answer 6

act 2 scene 1
analysis : animalistic imagery - he’s not just a predator, he’s careful with his plotting - malicious undertones

Question 7

make the moor thank me, love me and reward me - (Iago)

Answer 7

act 2 scene 1
analysis : Iago isn’t just a villain, this reveals the deeper intentions of Iago - he wants much more

Question 8

I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth than it should do offence to Micheal Cassio yet I shall pursuade myself to speak the truth - (Iago)

Answer 8

act 2 scene 3
analysis : masks horrific intent under kindness and honesty

Question 9

this advice is free … and honest - (Iago)

Answer 9

act 2 scene 3
analysis : reveals how deluded Iago is to believe wholheartedly that what he’s doing is truthful - and right

Question 10

I will turn her virtue into pitch and out of her own goodness make the net that shall ensnare them all - (Iago)

Answer 10

act 2 scene 3
analysis : establishes Desdemona’s innocence whilst simultaneously assuring Iago’s villainy

Question 11

men should be what they seem - (Iago)

Answer 11

act 3 scene 3
analysis : crafts a sense of irony because of cause, he is not !

Question 12

The Moor already changes with my poison - (Iago)

Answer 12

act 3 scene 3
analysis : Iago understands his wrongdoing and admires his work

Question 13

I am your own forever - (Iago)

Answer 13

act 3 scene 3
analysis : describes the loyalty Iago promises to Othello, a bond not too dissimilar to marriage

Question 14

strangle her in her bed, the bed she hath contaminated - (Iago)

Answer 14

act 4 scene 1
analysis : he fuels the idea of revenge and sacrifice to othello

Question 15

he lies to the heart - (Emilia)

Answer 15

act 5 scene 2
analysis : reveals Emilia’s intelligence - she realises what her husband has done.

Question 16

Honest Iago - mulitple

Answer 16

used throughout
analysis : determines his villainousness , that he has the ability to decieve everyone he meets - he has the power here