| Iago- deception VS reality | I am not what I am |
| Iago- misogyny | Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags ! / Thieves, thieves ! |
| Desdemona- betrayal | [choosing her own husband was] Treason of the blood |
| Iago- evil (dramatic irony) | Thou art a villain |
| Brabantio- racist | [his daughter is in] the gross clasps of a lascivious MoorRun from her guardage to the sooty bosom of such a thing as thouAn erring barbarian |
| Othello- love for Desdemona | I love the gentle Desdemona (first sincere reference to love in the play) |
| Iago- betrayal | Serve my turn upon him |
| Othello- comparison to animals | “An old black ram” / “a Barbary horse” / “the beast with two backs” |
| Othello’s articulate speech (swords and dew) | Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them |
| Iago- coarse sexual imagery | [Othello has] boarded a land carrack[desdemona is] sport for Jove/ full of game |
| Desdemona and Othello- love | She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did pity themShe gave me for my pains a world of sighs[Desdemona] saw Othello’s visage in his mindI did love the Moor to live with him… let me go with him !My soul’s JoyMy fair warrior |
| Othello- a good man | [the Moor’s] constant, loving, noble nature |
| Iago- opposition to love | So enfetterred to her love[Desdemona can] play god with his weak function |
| Iago- manipulation | “[he will spin a] web to… ensnare a great a fly as cassio” |
| Othello fulfilling racial stereotypes | as ignorant as dirt |
| Othello honour | “[he has done nothing] in hate, but all in honour” |
| Iago’s final words | demand me nothing. what you know, you know. from this time forth I never will speak a word |
| Othello’s final words | I kissed thee ere I killed thee: no way but this, killing myself to die upon a kiss |
Othello quotes
September 11, 2019