Othello Act 4 Quotes

Othello: "No _ creature" Conflicted feelings for Desdemona, Othello still loves her.

No, my heart is turn’d to stone; I strike it and it hurts my hand O, the world has not a sweeter creature

Othello: "I _ me" Othello’s pride

I will chop her into messes - Cuckold me!

Othello: "Goats _ monkeys" Mirroring when Iago described Desdemona and Cassio together as “As prime as goats, as hot as monkeys”.

Goats and monkeys!

Othello: "But _ at" Scorn (shame) is personified here, themes of pride and reputation.

But, alas, to make me a fixed figure for the time of scorn to point his slow unmoving finger at.

Othello: "O _ weed" Comparing Desdemona to weeds.

O thou black weed

Othello: "Get _ instant" Awful treatment towards Desdemona, publicly shaming Desdemona at dinner.

Get you to bed on the instant

Iago: "Do _ contaminated" Iago needs Othello to kill Desdemona in a violent way.

Do it not with poison. Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.

Iago: "And _ undertaker" Theme of jealousy, wants to be Cassio’s killer.

And for Cassio, let me be his undertaker.

Desdemona: "I _ this" Desdemona sounds like Emilia here.

I have not deserv’d this.

Desdemona: "I _ you" Shows how Desdemona has become submissive to Othello.

I will not stay to offend you.

Desdemona: "Am _ Iago" Shows Desdemona’s innocence, can’t say the word ‘whore’.

Am I that name, Iago?

Desdemona: "And _ love" Irony of Desdemona making a metaphor where Othello kills her, not knowing that he is about to do exactly that.

And his unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love.

Desdemona: "I _ lord" Desdemona has become a weak, unconvincing character.

I will, my lord

Desdemona: "My _ them" Shows how much Desdemona still loves Othello even if he treats her poorly.

My love doth so approve him that even his stubbornness, his checks and frowns … have grace and favour in them.

Desdemona: "Dost _ kind" Desdemona does not believe that a woman would ever cheat on her partner, showcases her innocence.

Dost thou in conscience think - tell me, Emilia - that there be women do abuse their husbands in such gross kind?

Lodovico: "Truly _ lady" Mirrors when Desdemona jokingly said that she is obedient to Othello, irony.

Truly, an obedient lady.

Lodovico: "Is _ sufficient" Shows Lodovico’s shock to Othello’s recent behaviour, suspects that he is not mentally okay.

Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate call all in all sufficient?

Emilia: "Never _ lord" Shows how Othello is ignoring Emilia when she is swearing to him that she’s never seen Desdemona be unfaithful.

Never, my lord

Emilia: "I _ else" Blissfully unaware the Iago is this eternal villain, ironic.

I will be hang’d if some eternal villain, … to get some office, have not devis’d this slander. I’ll be hang’d else.

Emilia: "But _ fall" Is Emilia talking from experience here? Does this reflect her experience with Iago at home?

But I do think it is their husbands’ faults if wives do fall.