Key Othello Quotes

Roderigo, Act 1.1

That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse…

As if the strings were thine

Iago, 1.1

Forsooth, a great…

arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine

Iago, 1.1

That never set…

a squadron in the field

Iago, 1.1

And I, God bless the mark…

his Moorship’s ancient!

Iago 1.1

Whip me…

such honest knaves!

Iago 1.1

I am…

not what I am

Iago 1.1

Even now, now, very now…

an old black ram is tupping your white ewe!

Iago 1.1

Have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse: you’ll have your ____ ____ __ ___, you’ll have coursers for cousins and jennets for germans!

nephews neigh to you

Iago 1.1

Though I do hate him…

as I do hell-pains

Iago 1.1

I must show out a flag…

and sign of love

Othello 1.2

I fetch my life and being…

from men of royal siege

Othello 1.2

My parts, my title, and my…

perfect soul Shall manifest me rightly

Iago 1.2

By _____, I think no

Janus

Brabantio 1.2

Damned as thou art…

thou hast enchanted her

Brabantio 1.2

So opposed to marriage that she shunned…

the wealthy, curled darlings of our nation

Brabantio 1.2

For if such actions may have passage free ____-______ and ______ shall our statesmen be

bond-slaves and pagans

Senator 1.3

Here comes Brabantio and the…

valiant Moor

Brabantio 1.3

She is abused, stolen from me and corrupted by _____ ___ _______ bought of mountebanks

spells and medicines

Othello 1.3

Rude am I in my speech And little blest with the…

soft phrase of peace

Brabantio 1.3

A maiden never bold, Of spirit so still and quiet that…

her motion blushed at herself

Brabantio 1.3

In spite of nature, Of years, of country, credit, everything…

To fall in love with what she feared to look on?

Othello 1.3

Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery…

of my redemption thence

Othello 1.3

She’d come again, and with a…

greedy ear Devour up my discourse

Othello 1.3

She loved me for the dangers I had passed…

And I loved her that she did pity them

Duke 1.3

I think this tale…

would win my daughter too

1.3 Brabantio

So let the ____ __ ______ us beguile

We lose it not so long as we can smile

Turk of Cyprus

Desdemona 1.3

I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,

And to his _______ and _______ _____

Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate

honours and valiant parts

Othello 1.3

So please your grace, my ancient:

A man he is of ______ and _____

honesty and trust

Duke 1.3

If virtue no delighted beauty lack

Your…

son in law is far more fair than black

Brabantio 1.3

Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:

She has deceived her father…

and may thee

Iago 1.3

it’s in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are…

gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners

Iago 1.3 repeated phrase

Put money…

in thy purse

Iago 1.3

A frail vow betwixt an _______ _______ and a _____-_____ _______

erring barbarian [and a] super-subtle Venetian

Iago 1.3

I ____ the _____

And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets

He’s done my office

hate [the] Moor

Iago 1.3

And will as tenderly be led by th’ nose…

As asses are

Iago 1.3

I have’t, it is engendered! ____ and _____

Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light

hell [and] night

Montano 2.1

The man commands…

Like a full soldier

Iago and Cassio both call Cyprus a…

warlike isle

Cassio 2.1

The ______ Desdemona

divine

1.3 Cassio

Our great captain’s ______ left in the conduct of bold Iago

captain

2.1 Iago

[aside] With as little a web as this I will…

ensnare as great a fly as Cassio

Othello 2.1

O my ____ warrior!

fair

Iago 2.1

O, you are ____ _____ now : but I’ll set down

The pegs that make this music, as honest

As I am

well tuned

2.1 Iago

The moor… is of a…

constant, loving, noble nature

2.1 Iago

For that I do suspect the lusty Moor…

Hath leaped into my seat

Iago 2.1

Till I am evened with him, ____ for ____

wife [for] wife

Iago 2.3

I’ll warrant [Desdemona] ____ of ____

full [of] game

Iago 2.3

The very elements of this warlike isle…

Have I tonight flustered with flowing cups

2.3 Iago

And do but see his vice

‘Tis to his virtue a ____ ______

just equinox

Othello 2.3

Are we turned Turks? For _______ ____, put by this barbarous brawl

Christian shame

Othello 2.3

What’s the matter

That you ____ your _______ thus

And spend your rich opinion for the name

Of a night brawler?

unlace [your] reputation thus

Othello 2.3

What, in a ____ of ____

town [of] war

Iago 2.3

I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth…

Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio

Cassio 2.3

_____, ______, ______! O, I have lost my _______

Reputation

Cassio 2.3

I have lost the immortal part of myself…

and what remains is bestial

Iago 2.3

Reputation is an ____ and most _____ ______

idle [and most] false imposition

Iago 2.3

She is of so free, so kind, so apt, so…

blest a disposition

Iago 2.3

I protest, in the sincerity of…

love and honest kindness

Iago 2.3

So will I turn her ______ into ____

And out of her own goodness make the net

That shall enmesh them all

virtue [into] pitch

Desdemona 3.3

O, that’s an _____ ______

honest fellow

Desdemona 3.3

I’ll watch him ____ and talk him out of patience

tame

Othello repeated twice 3.3

I will ____ thee ______

deny [thee] nothing

Desdemona 3.3

I am _______

obedient

Othello 3.3

When I love thee not…

chaos is come again

Iago 3.3

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,

Is the _________ _____ of their souls

immediate jewel

Iago 3.3

O beware, my lord, of jealousy!

It is the _____-____ monster, which doth mock

The meat it feeds on

green-eyed

Othello 3.3

For she had…

eyes and chose me

Iago 3.3

In _____ they do let God see the pranks

They dare not show their husbands; their best

conscience

Venice

Iago 3.3

She deceived her father, _______ ___

And when she seemed to shake, and fear your looks,

She loved them most

marrying you

Othello 3.3

And yet how nature…

erring from itself

Iago 3.3

Not to affect many proposed matches…

Of her own clime, complexion and degree

Othello 3.3

This _______ ________ doubtless

Sees and knows more - much more - than he unfolds

honest creature

Othello 3.3

Haply for I am ____

And have not those soft parts of conversation

black

Othello 3.3

O curse of marriage

That we can call these delicate creatures ours…

and not their appetites!

Iago 3.3

Trifles _____ as ___

Are to the jealous confirmations strong

As proofs of holy writ

light [as] air

Iago 3.3

The Moor already changes…

with my poison

Iago 3.3

But with a little art upon the blood…

Burn like the mines of sulphur

Othello 3.3

Farewell the plumed troops and the big wars

That makes…

ambition virtue

Othello 3.3

Farewell: Othello’s ________ gone

occupation’s

Othello 3.3

Her name, that was as fresh…

As Dian’s visage, is now begrimed and black as mine own face

Othello 3.3

I’ll ____ her all to _____

tear [her all to] pieces

Desdemona 3.4

I think the sun where he was born…

Drew all such humours from him

Othello 3.4

For here’s a young and _______ _____, here

sweating devil

Emilia 3.4

‘Tis not a year or two shows us a man

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food…

They eat us hungerly, and when they are full

They belch us

Desdemona 3.4

My advocation is…

Now not in tune

Emilia 3.4

But jealous for they’re jealous. It is a monster…

Begot upon itself, born on itself

Othello 4.1

Pish!

Noses, ears and lips!

Iago 4.1

Work on…

My medicine, work!

Othello 4.1

A horned man’s a…

monster, and a beast

Iago 4.1

[Cassio], when he hears of [Bianca], cannot refrain

from the excess of laughter

Othello 4.1

I will ____ her into ______! Cuckold me!

chop [her into] messes!

Othello 4.1

____ and ______!

fire [and] brimstone!

Othello 4.2

This is a ____ ____,

a closet, lock and key, of villainous secrets

subtle whore

Othello 4.2

I took you for that ______ _____ of Venice!

cunning whore

Desdemona 4.1

Prithee, tonight

lay on my bed my…

wedding sheets

Desdemona 4.2

And his unkindness may defeat my life

But never taint my love. I cannot say _____:

It does abhor me now I speak the word;

To do the act that might the addition earn

Not the world’s mass of vanity could make me

whore

Desdemona 4.3

My love doth so approve him

That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns…

have grace and favour

Emilia 4.3

Let husbands know…

Their wives have sense like them

Stage direction 5.1

Enter Iago…

with a light

Bianca 5.1

O my dear Cassio!

My sweet Cassio! O _____, ______, ______

Cassio, Cassio, Cassio