| “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” | Iago reveals his true intent with Othello straight away |
| “Preferment goes by letter and affectionNot by the old graduation” | Iago expresses jealousy towards Cassio through his idea that promotions occur through education and not experience |
| “Were it my cue to fight, I should have known itWithout a prompter” | Othello chooses his battles wisely |
| Common referation to Othello: | Valiant |
| Common referation to Iago: | Honest |
| “That my disports corrupt and taint my business,And all indign and base adversitiesMake head against my estimation” | If I prioritize war over love then ruin Othello’s reputation |
| “The moor is of a free and open nature,That thinks men honest that but seems to be so” | Iago reveals Othello’s hamartia in that he is too trusting |
| “O fie upon thee, slanderer!” | Desdemona shows strong character by speaking against Iago |
| “With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio.” | Iago uses metaphor to show that he plans to trap Cassio and Desdemona |
| “Whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of Cassio.” | Iago has new plan to ruin Cassio’s reputation in order to get Desdemona to re-instate his rank after he loses it |
| “three several quests” | Shows Othello’s importance |
| “twixt my sheets” | Iago accuses Othello of sleeping with his wife |
| “Put the moorat least into a jealousy so strongThat judgement cannot cure” | Iago intends on making Othello jealous |
| “Unlace your reputation thus” | Othello further demonstrates importance of reputation when speaking to Cassio |
| “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!” | Cassio demonstrates importance of reputation upon being told he is removed as officer |
| “So will I turn her virtue into pitch” | Iago plans to let Othello think Desdemona is taking Cassio’s side due to lust |
| “Make the netThat shall enmesh them all” | Iago’s 2nd use of a spider trapping metaphor |
| “Thy solicitor shall rather dieThan give thy cause away” | Desdemona tells Cassio she would rather die than give up on his cause |
| “Men should be what they seem;Or those that be not, would they might seem none!” | Iago speaking hypocritically in regards to being two-faced |
| “O beware, my lord, of jealousy:It is the green-eyed monster with doth mockThe meat it feeds on” | Iago warns Othello of his hamartia |
| “Set on thy wife to deserve” | Theme of spying in Othello (Othello -> Desdemona) |
| “Trifles light as airAre to the jealous confirmations strongAs proofs of holy writ” | Iago says in monologue that the tiniest suspicion can seem holy to a jealous person |
| “Thou hadst been better have been born a dogThan answer my wak’d wrath” | Use of anger by Othello as his paranoia increases |
| “I think my wife be honest, and think she is not;I think that thou are just, and think thou art not.” | Contrast between Othello and Hamlet in regards to madness? |
| “I’ll tear her all to pieces” | Othello threatens to destroy Desdemona |
| “All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven;’Tis gone.” | Othello disregards his love for Desdemona |
| “I am your own forever” | Iago uses romanticized language against Othello |
| “She can turn, and turn, and yet go on, and turn again” | Repetitive language by Othello suggests madness |
| “Who is thy lord?” | Desdemona pretends Othello does not exist |
| “I cannot say ‘wh0re’;It does abhor me now I speak the word” | Desdemona demonstrates innocence |
| “Let husbands know Their wives have sense like them.” | Emilia demonstrates power of women |
| Othellos asides… | Resemble Iago and represent villainy |
| “In the due reverence of a sacred vow” | Turning point. Iago and Othello create vow |
| “Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow” | Othello describes innocence of Desdemona |
| “Commend me to my kind Lord. O farewell” | Desdemona’s last words are for Othello |
| “Honest, honest Iago” | Two uses of honest. And last use from Othello |
| “I will not charm my tongue; I am bound to speak” | Emilia defies Iago |
| “Speak of me as I am” | Othello wants to die with his reputation scarred |
| “Then you must speakOf one that lov’d not wisely, but too well;Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,Perplex’ in the extreme.” | Othello is someone who loved too much, became jealous and was unwise about it |
Othello Revised Quotes
August 16, 2019