i follow him to serve my turn upon him | iagomeaning: I am with him so i can get my revenge Importance: |
i am not what i am | iagomeaning: im not who i appear to beimportance: iago is telling roderigo that even though it looks like he is friends with othello he is relly not |
it seems not meet nor wholesome to my place to be producted as if i stay i shall against the moor | iagomeaning: it would be bad for me to be seen plotting against othello which i would if i stayed hereimportance:iago makes sure his presence isnt known at barbantios house so he has othellos full trust he is making roderigo do his dirty work |
yet for necessity of present life i must show out a flag of sign and love which is indeed but a sign | iagomeaning: but right now i have to show othello loyalty even though its just an actimportance: |
let him do his spite my services which i have done the signiory shall out-tongue his complaints | othellomeaning: let him do his worst. All that i have done for the government will count for more than his complaintsimportance: |
that thou hast practiced on her foul charms abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals that weakens motion | barbantiomeaning: its obvious that you have drugged her tricked her or kidnapped herimportance: |
i therefore apprehend and do attach thee for an abuser of the world a practicer of arts uninhibited and out of warrant | barbantiomeaning:im arresting you as a practicer of black magicimportance: |
to vouch this is no proof wihout more wider and more overt test than these thin habits and poor likelihoods of modern seeming do prefer against him | duke meaning:what you say isnt proof i need clear evidence not just accusationsimportance: duke is basically letting othello off the hook and changes his mind about punishing othello fo marrying desdemona |
she gave me for my pains a world of sighs she swore in faith twas strange twas passing strange twas pitiful twas wondrous pitiful | othello meaning: she heard my stories and sigh and tell me how wonderful and sad my life has beenimportance:othello tells how he and desdemona fell in love and gives iago the idea that he tells people she can fall out of love with him quickly |
she loved me for the dangers i had passed and i loved her that she did pity them | othellomeaning:importance: |
to mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on | dukemeaning:if you focus on something bad that happened your setting yourself up for more bad news importance: duke is trying to calm barbantio but it also foreshadows all that is going to happen to othello with desdemona |
she has deceived her father and may thee | barabantiomeaning: she lied to me she may lie to youimportance:foreshadows and might plant the seed of doubt that desdemona is not completely honest with othello and is capable of cheating |
put money in thy purse | iagomeaning: get moneyimportance:iago is tellinf roderigo how he is going to get desdemona dn is also funding all his operations |
thus do i ever make my fool my purse | iagomeaning: so im having my fool be my fundingimportance: iago is using roderigo for his money |
he holds me well the better shall my purpose work on him | iagomeaning: he thinks highly of me that will helpimportance: |
you may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholar | cassiomeaning: hes more of a soldier than a wise manimportance: talking about iago and shows how people perceivehim as stupid when he is smart so no one would think he would be plotting the plan he is |
with as little a web as this i will ensnare as great a fly as cassio | iagomeaning: with something as simple as this i will get cassioimportance: shows how iago plans to take down cassio |
Othello Quotes
August 20, 2019