| ”A fellow….That never set a squadron in the field,Nor the division of a battle knows.” | – Iago – to argue he should have got the job before Cassio |
| ”I follow him to serve my turn upon him.” | – Iago – shows his desire to get revenge on Othello |
| “In following him, I follow but myself”. | Iago is hypocritical – he is only pretending to be loyal to Othello |
| ”I am not what I am” | – Iago – character is not what he seems |
| ”An old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” | – Iago – crude racist language |
| ”lascivious moor” | – Roderigo – racist and jealous of Othello |
| ”Though I do hate him as I do hell’s pains,I must show out a flag and sign of love.” | – Iago – hates Othello but is planning to act loyal |
| ”Let him do his spite. My services, which I have done the signory,Shall out-tounge his compaints.” | – Othello – Othello is confident and proud of himself. Good reputation. |
| ”Gentle Desdemona” | -Othello – genuine affection |
| ”My parts, my title and my perfect soulShall manifest me rightly” | – Othello – asserts he is a good man |
| ”She is abus’d, stol’n from me and corrupted By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks” | – Brabantio – does not want to believe Desdemona loves Othello. Racist – accuses Othello of witchcraft. |
| “She loved me for the dangers I had passed.And I loved her that she did pity them.” | – Desdemona – shows Othello’s heroic side and the love between Othello and Desdemona. |
| ”Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see,She has deceived her father, and may thee.” | – Brabantio – foreshadows Othello’s future jealosies |
| Honest Iago, My Desdemona must I leave to thee” | – Othello – very ironic view of Iago |
| ”I hate the Moor, And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheetsHe’s done my office” | – Iago – another reason for hating Othello |
| ”The Moor is of a free and open natureThat thinks men honest that but seem to be so And will as tenderly be led by the nose….As asses are” | – Iago – plans to use Othello’s openness and honesty against him. |
Othello quotes Act 1
August 20, 2019