Lit: Paper 2 Quotes - Othello

Identity - Othello

• My parts, my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly - Othello a1

• The moor is of a constant, loving, noble nature - Iago a2

• I am not what I am - Iago a1

Perspective - Othello

• An old black ram is tupping your white ewe - Iago a1

• Arise black vengeance from thy hollow hell - Othello

Transformation - Othello

• Goats and monkeys - Othello a4

• Is he not honest? / Honest, my lord? / Honest, ay, honest… What dost thou think? - a3

• This is a subtle whore - Othello a4

• he, he, ‘tis here - Iago

Communication/Language - Othello

• Rude I am in my speech - Othello a1

• My wife, my wife. What wife? I have no wife - Othello

Power - Othello

• Valiant Othello - Duke a1

• Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners - Iago

• Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated - Iago a4

• Eat us and belch us - Emilia

• Pour this pestilence into his ear - Iago a2

• Keep up your bright swords for the dew will rust them - Othello a1

Characters/relationships - Othello

• Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings - Othello a3

• I hate the moor - Iago a1

• but here’s my husband - Desdemona a1

• honest Iago - Othello a2

• I think my wife is honest and I think she is not. I think thou art just and I think thou art not - Othello a3

Other - Othello

• And when I love thee not, chaos is come again - Othello a3

• sing willow, willow, willow - Desdemona