| “…your daughter and the Moor are making the beast with two backs.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Barbantio Meaning: Othello and Desdemona are having sex |
| “Put money in thy purse.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: RodrigoMeaning: Give jewels to Desdemona to win her affection |
| “I am not what I am.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Roderigo Meaning: Since Othello didnt give him the job, he has going to get back at him and cannot be who he was. He is no longer himself. |
| “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram/is tupping your white ewe.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Barbantio Meaning: Othello and Desdemona are having sex |
| “She lov’d me for the dangers I had pass’d,/And I lov’d her that she did pity them.” | Speaker: Othello Is said to: Duke and Brabantio Meaning: Desdemona loves Othello because of his stories/life and he loves her because she felt bad for him |
| “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see./She has deceived her father and may thee.” | Speaker: Barbantio Is said to: Othello Meaning: She married Othello without asking her fathers permission (betrayal) so she will betray Othello as well |
| “And little bless am I with the soft phrase of speech; /For since these arms of mine had seven year pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used/ Their dearest action in the tented field.” | Speaker: Othello Is said to: Duke and Brabantio Meaning: He has wasted his whole life fighting and doesn’t know much else. |
| “Reputation, reputation, reputation. O, I have lost my reputation!” | Speaker: Cassio Is said to: IagoMeaning: He lost his lieutenant-ship because he got drunk and attacked someone. His honorable reputation is lost. |
| “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition;/ oft got without merit and lost without deserving” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: CassioMeaning: Reputation doesn’t matter, and the fact that Cassio lost it shouldn’t matter. |
| “When devils will the blackest sins put on,/ They do suggest at first with heavenly shows. /As so I now.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Himself (aside)Meaning: He must put on his best face because he needs to be innocent of the crimes he’s about to commit. Throw people of his trail. |
| “You see this fellow that is gone before?/ He’s a soldier fit to stand by Caesar/ And give direction;” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Himself (aside)Meaning: He is talking about Cassio and how his drunk mishap isn’t who he normal is and that he is an honorable man. |
| “O, beware, my lord of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock/ The mean it feeds on.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Othello Meaning: Dont be jealous of Desdemona, you will be lost to it. |
| “Men should be what they seem” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Othello Meaning: Men should be their true selves. Ironic because he is not his true self and is lying and manipulating Othello. |
| “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, /is the immediate jewel of their souls. /Who steals my purse steals trash.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Othello Meaning: Reputation is everything, if you steal, it is trash because it is not theirs. Stealing reputation means nothing. (Opposite of what he told Cassio) |
| “She did deceive her father, marrying you, / And when she seemed/To shake and fear your looks, / she loved them most.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Othello Meaning: Desdemona lied to her father and pretended to be afraid of Othello to marry him. She loves him the most. |
| “I a glad I have found this napkin. This was her first remembrance from the Moor. My wayward husband hath a hundred times/ wooed me to steal it….” | Speaker: Emilia Is said to: Herself Meaning: Iago wants it to make Othello think Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona. Emilia has refused to steal it but Desdemona dropped it. |
| “Why did I marry?” | Speaker: Othello Is said to: Himself (aside) Meaning: He is regretting marrying Desdemona. He knows Iago knows more but is too nice to say anything else. |
| “But I do think it is their husbands’ faults/ If their wives do fall.” | Speaker: EmiliaIs said to: Desdemona Meaning: Husbands can cheat/abuse/neglect their wives and be ok, then if their wives fall it is the husband’s fault if they fall. |
| “Sing all a green willow must be my garland./ Let nobody blame him, his scorn I approve.” | Speaker: Desdemona Is said to: Emilia Meaning: She is saying Othello has a right to hate her. |
| “Some eternal villain… Have devised this slander.” | Speaker: Emilia Is said to: Desdemona and Iago Meaning: Who ever is turning Othello against Desdemona is evil |
| “Fie, there be no such man. It is impossible.” | Speaker: Iago Is said to: Desdemona and Emilia Meaning: Dramatic Irony, he is the evil man that devised all this. |
| What keeps Marriages Happy? (supernatural element) | Handkerchief |
| What is Othello’s major flaw? | Jealousy |
| What is the chance happening? | Desdemona drops her handkerchief |
| Who brings humor to the play? | Clown |
| Who has revenge motive? What is it? | Iago – get back at Othello because he didnt receive the lieutenant Othello – get revenge on Cassio for ‘sleeping’ with Desdemona |
| An example of Internal Conflict? | Othello debating whether or not to kill Desdemona |
| An example of External Conflict? | Any of the fights Cassio vs Roderigo Othello vs Desdemona |
Othello Review Guide (In Progress)
August 8, 2019