| Aristotle | greek philospher 348 bc |
| set date? | 1570 |
| Desdemona (naive,love for others) | Iago(self concern), Emilia(practical), Bianca(courteson) |
| Cassio(loyal soldeir) | Iago(traitor),Roderigo(gulliable) |
| Othello(trusting) | Iago(manipulative) |
| Sin | universal justice |
| Nemisis | … |
| Her eye must be fed. | Iago to Roderigo, IvsR |
| Oh heavy ignorance! Thou praisest the worst best. | Desdemona to Iago, IvsR |
| I am not merry; but I do beguileThe thing I am by seeming otherwise. | Desdemona, IvsR |
| “I’ll […] make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward meFor making him egregiously an ass. | Iago |
| If I were now to die,Twere now to be most happy, for I fearMy soul hath her content so absoluteThat not another comfort like to thisSucceeds in unknown fate. | Othello, IvsR |
| You may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar. | Cassio |
| Notwithstanding, with my personal eyeWill I look to’t. | Cassio, IvsR |
| Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. | Cassio |
| You rise to play and go to bed to work | Iago |
| With as little a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio, | Iago |
| “[p]referment goes by letter and affection, / And not by old gradation | Iago |
| Let it not gall your patience, good Iago, / That I extend my manners. ‘Tis my breeding / That gives me this bold show of courtesy | Cassio |
Othello- Act 2
September 29, 2019