Othello - quotes Flashcards by Oliver Hewitt

Act 1 Scene 2
- in reference to Roderigo - uncaring and solid in his resolve against racist attacks

'’Let him do his spite’’

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- knows his position in society well - title of General = a good basis for his character - he believes

'’My services…Shall out tongue his complaints’’
‘‘My demerits may speak unbonneted’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- true love - genuine and sincere

'’I love the gentle Desdemona’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- metaphor - unrestrained love

'’unhoused free condition’’

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- hyperbole / nautical metaphor- his own semantic plain of battle - transfers into his resolute sense of love

'’for the seas worth’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- asyndetic list = pure intentions - loves freely and genuinely

'’my parts my title and my perfect soul’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- saddening encounter with Cassio - irony - care - comradery and future irony for the later betrayal / misunderstanding

'’Tis well I am found by you’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- metaphor - established sense of moral authority - knows that violence will not occur

'’keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- is presently aware of societal hierarchy in Venice - recognises Brabantio’s authority

'’more command with years than with your weapons’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- self assured - rejects Brabantio’s violent gesture

'’hold your hands’’

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Act 1 Scene 2
- respects Desdemona’s own ability to speak for herself - opposes Brabantio’s language - pure intentions

'’how may the Duke be therewith satisfied?’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- quote from the Senator = regarded with respect
- Duke mirrors this - bar racist language

'’valiant moor’’
‘‘valiant Othello’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- Othello makes his case x2 = sets up argument - respectful
- tells the honest truth - contrasts Iago

'’most potent grave and reverend signiors’’

'’it is most true; true I have married her’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- Sprezzatura = feigns difficulty in speech?
struggles to keep face with Venetian society - non-chalent denial of ability

'’Rude am I in my speech’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- semantic field of battle - plosive - accentuates his unfamiliarity with love yet consolidates his ability to negotiate - well spoken - powerful oracy

'’broil and battle’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- unquestionable defence yet - echoes Brabantio

'’I won his daughter’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- yet again - asks for Desdemona’s word - gives a woman a voice - doesn’t allow others to jump to conclusions and make decisions for her - irony

'’and let her speak of me before her father’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- another endearing way of referring to Desdemona

'’I did thrive in this fair lady’s love and she in mine’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- Brabantio responsible for their meeting - Venetian double standards

'’Her father loved me, oft invited me’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- very worldly - accentuates outsider

'’Anthropophagi’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- Desdemona - lustful for tales - gustatory imagery

'’greedy ear’’
‘‘devour up’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- harmonious - non contradictory love

'’she gave for my pains a world of sighs’’
‘‘she loved me for the dangers I had pass’d’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- more emancipating language towards Desdemona

'’free and bounteous to her mind’’

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Act 1 Scene 3
- faith in his wife - irony

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'’my life upon her faith’’

Act 2 Scene 1 - lexical field of war - masculinity used paradoxically / unconventionally - subversive to the nature of contemporary attitudes / texts - gender transference + her reply

''my fair warrior'' ''my dear Othello''

Act 2 Scene 1 - hyperbolic - nautical imagery - calms with her

''tempest come such calms''

Act 2 Scene 3 - Othello - trust for Iago - culminate in future demise

''Iago is most honest''

Act 2 Scene 3 - subversive (A03) language - religion

''for Christian shame''

Act 2 Scene 3 - chaos born from brawl - stilted language

''fights the Isle''

Act 2 Scene 3 - assertion of power

''sink in my rebuke''

Act 2 Scene 3 - too trusting in Iago - dismisses matter swiftly - falls into Iago's hands

''mince this matter''

Act 3 Scene 3 - dismissive of Desdemona

''Went he hence now?'' ''some other time''

Act 3 Scene 3 - repetition - ignores

''I will deny thee nothing''

Act 3 Scene 3 - exclamative - ruined by Iago's manipulation

''Excellent wretch! perdition catch my soul''

Act 3 Scene 3 - dismissive - resolute of his self and Desdemona

''away at once with love or jealousy'' ''I do not think but Desdemona's honest''

Act 3 Scene 3 - tortured by Iago

''thou hast set me on the rack''

Act 3 Scene 3 - begins to doubt Desdemona

''stolen hours of lust''

Act 3 Scene 3 - only comfortable in semantic field of war

''general camp'' ''farewell'' - repetition ''Othello's occupations gone''

Act 3 Scene 3 - harsh language - needs proof

''prove my love a whore'' ''ocular proof''

Act 3 Scene 3 - self depreciation - insecurity

''begrimed and black as mine own face''

Act 3 Scene 3 - violent display of jealousy

''arise black vengeance'' ''he kneels''

Act 3 Scene 3 - damns Desdemona - all love and care for her lost

''lewd minx''

Act 3 Scene 4 - hellish imagery - younger women untrustworthy

''sweating devil''

Act 3 Scene 4 - pressures Desdemona in regards to the Handkercheif

''Is it lost? is it gone?'' ''the handkerchief'' - anaphoric repetition

Act 4 Scene 1 - crude display of masculine insecurity

''naked in bed''

Act 4 Scene 1 - epileptic fit - repetition beforehand - cant beleive

''he falls in a trance''

Act 4 Scene 1 - evil intent stark contrast to before

''how shall I murder him Iago?'' ''rot and perish''

Act 4 scene 1 - lost all sense or ability to love - pathos lost?

''my heart is turned to stone''

Act 4 Scene 1 - violent imagery

''I will chop her into messes cuckhold me''

Act 4 Scene 1 - stage direction - violence - switch - misogyny

''she strikes her'' ''Mistress!''

Act 4 Scene 1 - commands Desdemona mockingly

''she's obedient''

Act 4 Scene 2 - overt display of lack of affection

''subtle whore''

Act 4 Scene 2 - grapples with his new reality - feels cheated - pained as well as angry

''drop of patience''

Act 4 Scene 2 - religious imagery paired with masculine insecurity

''made to write whore upon?''

Act 4 Scene 2 - feels as though he mistook Desdemona

''I took you for that cunning whore of Venice''

Act 5 Scene 2 - wild display of confliction and love - pathos care, sadism?

''he kisses her''

Act 5 Scene 2 - religious imagery

''have you prayed tonight?'' ''take heed of perjury'' ''liar gone to burning hell''

Act 5 Scene 2 - realisation causes him to crumble

''Roast me in sulphur'' ''Desdemona! Dead!'' ''happiness to die'' ''circumcised dog''

Othello - quotes Flashcards

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