| Othello:”So please your grace, my ancient;A man he is of honest and trust:”(1.3.283-285) | Creates suspense because we as the readers want to know how Iago is going to corrupt Othello. |
| Iago:”… abuse Othello’s ear”(1.3.386) | Iago borrows Othello’s original imagery of “feeding” Desdemona’s ear with his stories. Othello won Desdemona by telling her stories, and Iago will “win” Othello by doing the same. |
| Iago:”The Moor is of a free and open nature,That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,”(1.3.391-392) | Openly recognizing Othello’s nature and what he intends to do in overthrowing it. No reason is given, other than the pure enjoyment of corrupting of a good man. |
| Iago:”Cassio, my lord! No, sure, I cannot think it,”(3.3.37-39) | Iago is planting the idea that Cassio is guilty of something in Othello’s head without directly saying. Othello is coming to the conclusion on his own. |
| Othello:”I think thou dost;And, for I know thou’rt full of love and honesty”(3.3.123) | This is ironic because Othello thinks Iago is a honest man when in reality Iago is scheming against him |
| Iago:”Work on, my medicine, work!”(4.1.41) | In this line Iago is talking to the “poison” that he planted in Othello’s mind which makes it an apostrophe, because he is talking to an object. |
| Iago:”Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.From this time forth I never will speak word.”(5.2.316-317) | One would think that Iago would want to gloat but he refuses to explain his actions, leaving Othello and the audience pretty clueless about Iago’s motives. |
Othello – Manipulation Quotes & Description (No Fear Shakespeare)
July 14, 2019