| “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.” | Iago to Brabantioafter waking him up, yelling about theives, Iago causing chaosanimal imagery: Othello/black ram and Desdemona/white eweRace theme1.1.9 |
| “My parts, my title, and my perfect soul Shall manifest me rightly.” | … |
| ” It is a judgment maimed and most imperfectThat will confess perfection so could err Against all rules of nature, and must be drivenTo find out practices of cunning hellwhy this should be so.” | Brabatntio to1.3.6 |
| “She loved me for the dangers I had passed And I loved her that she did pity them.” | Othello to Brabantio (and Duke/Senate)his speech to senate defending his and Desdemona’s lovehow daughter fell in love with him – soldier life/military hero/exoticIdentity theme1.3.4 |
| “Your son-in-law is far more fair than black.” | Duke to BrabantioAfter Othello’s speech to senate about marrying DesdemonaHe defends Othello, yet still make Othello seem like the “exception” to the rule/notion of negative black connotation. Not really a compliment.Identity theme1.3.22 |
| “But we have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings or unbitted lusts, whereof I take this that you call love to be a set or scion.” | Iago tocontext?he thinks we have an ability to control our emotions/desiresIdentity theme1.3.5 |
| “And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets H’as done my office.” | Iago to audience?giving reasons why he hates Othello and wants to destroy him. He heard a rumor that Othello had an affair with Emilia. This is all rooted in suspicion. Does Iago speak any truth?Jealousy theme – if Othello had an affair with his wife, he use jealousy to destroy him1.3.12 |
| ….”Tis my breeding That gives me this bold show of courtesy.” | … |
| “I fetch my life and being/ From men of royal siege” | … |
| ” Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost my immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.” | Cassio to Iagoright after the drunken fightAlways identified himself as upstanding soldier – his “reputation” but now he sees himself and his actions as beast-like Animal imagery/ Identity theme2.3.24 |
Othello quotes
August 3, 2019