Othello act 1 quotations

‘I am not what I am’ - Iago, 1.1

Paradoxical language, deceptive nature, darkly philosophical, monosyllabic

‘My parts, my title, my perfect soul, shall manifest me rightly’ - Othello, 1.2

Tripling, Modal verb - shall - definite

‘My life and education both do learn me how to respect you, you are the lord of duty’ - Desemona, 1.3

Anadiplosis - eggs up Brabantio, puts him in the centre

‘Look to the Moor, if thou hast eyes to see/she has decieved her father, and may thee’ - Brabantio, 1.3

Rhyming couplet

‘Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them’ Othello, 1.2

‘Even now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe’ - Iago, 1.1

‘Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs!’ - Iago, 1.1

‘Thou art a villain!/You are a senator!’ - Brabantio and Iago, 1.1

‘Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it without a prompter’ - Othello, 1.2

‘Most potent, grave and reverend signiors, most noble and approved good masters’ - Othelo, 1.3

‘Men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders’ - Othello, 1.3

‘Honest Iago’ - Othello, 1.3

‘I hate the Moor’ - Iago 1.3