Othello Quotes and Techniques

Paragraph 1: “I am not what I am” (Iago Act 1, Scene 1)

Paradox, Biblical Allusion

Paragraph 1: “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” (Iago Act 1, Scene 1)

Paradox, Dramatic Irony, Foreshadowing, Prose

Paragraph 1: “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on” (Iago Act 3, Scene 3)

Metaphor, Personification, Imagery, Irony

Paragraph 2: “I hate the Moor” (Iago Act 1, Scene 3)

Emotionally Laden Language, Irony

Paragraph 2: “revenge…I do suspect the lusty Moor hath leaped into my seat” (Iago Act 2, Scene 1)

Imagery, Dramatic Irony, Expression of Internal Motivation, Euphemism

Paragraph 3: “Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men. Put out the light, then put out the light” (Othello Act 5, Scene 2)

Antanaclasis, Euphemism, Symbolism, Caesura, Pathos

Paragraph 3: “But oft my jealousy shapes faults that are not” (Iago Act 3, Scene 3)

Paralipsis (Feigned Reluctance), Semantic Ambiguity, Low Modality Language

Paragraph 3: “This honest creature doubtless sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds” (Othello Act 3, Scene 3)

Aside, Epizeuxis, Pathos, Dramatic Irony, Cognitive Bias