Othello key quotes Flashcards
(42 cards)
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 1: “I follow him to _____ __ ____ upon him, I am ___ ____ _ __”
Iago “I follow him to serve my turn upon him, I am not what I am.”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 1: “an ___ _____ ___ is tupping ____ _____ ___!”
Iago “An old black ram is tupping your white ewe!”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 1: “You’ll have your daughter _______ with a _______ _____, you’ll have your ________ neigh to you”
Iago “you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse: you’ll have your nephews neigh to you”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 1: “O _______ of the _____”
Brabantio “O treason of the blood”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 2: “keep up ____ ______ ______, for the ___ ____ ____ ____”
Othello, “keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 2: “O thou ____ ____, where has thou _______ __ _________?”
Brabantio “O thou foul thief, where has thou stowed my daughter?”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 3: “It did often ______ her of her tears when I did speak of ____ ____________ _____”
Othello “It did often beguile her of her tears when I did speak of some distressful stroke”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 3: “I saw Othello’s ______ __ ___ ____”
Desdemona “I saw Othello’s visage in his mind”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 3: “Look to her, moor, if thou hast eyes to see: ___ ___ _______ ___ _______ and ___ ____”
Brabantio “Look to her, moor, if thou hast eyes to see: she has deceived her father, and may thee”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 1: “now making the _____ ____ ____ backs”
Iago: “Now making the beast with two backs”
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 1 Scene 3: “‘Twixt my sheets, He’s ____ __ ______”
Iago “he’s done my office”
When does Iago say this?
“The moor is of a free and open nature, that thinks men honest”
Act 1 Scene 3, in the ‘I hate the moor’ speech
finish the quote:
Act 1 Scene 3: “hell and _____ must bring ____ ________ _____ to the ______ _____”
“Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light”
What are the connotations of Iago saying: “The thought whereof doth like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards”
It is perceived that he thinks that Othello is sleeping with Emilia, there is a suggestion that Iago’s motive is his jealousy
Give an example of Iago being a malcontent character in Act 2 Scene 3
“What’s he then, that says I play the devil?”
In Iago’s villain speech, what AO5 can be paired with it?
- “A being next to devil” Coleridge
OR - “Dramatic perspective can make us the villain’s accomplices” Honigmann
In Iago’s villain speech and many other speeches, what literary technique does he speak in and what does this mean?
He speaks in verse, meaning his speech is organised and conducted.
What is the example of light and dark imagery in Iago’s Act 2 villain speech?
“I will turn her virtue into pitch”
What is the metaphor of manipulation that Iago uses in his villain speech in act 2?
“out of her goodness make the next that shall enmesh them all”
In Act 3 Scene 3, how does Iago plant the seeds of doubt in Othello?
- He says “I like not that” when Cassio runs off
- Mentions Brabantio “She did deceive her father, marrying you”
- Iago makes up Cassio’s dream
Who says it and finish the quote?
Act 3 Scene 3: “But I do love thee, ___ ____ _ ____ ____ ___, _____ is come again”
Othello “But I do love thee, and when I love thee not, chaos is come again”
What does Iago say to Othello and metaphorically call jealousy in Act 3 Scene 3?
“Beware, my lord, of jealousy, it is the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”
What are Othello’s insecurities + the quotes in Act 3 Scene 3?
- His race “for I am black”
- His harsh speech “Have not those soft parts of conversation”
- His age “I am declined into the vale of years”
In the 2023 NT version of Othello, where do they change Brabantio’s death to be?
After Othello’s soliloquy in A3S3, start of the tragedy
