Othello quotes

• 'unvarnished tale deliver'


  Othello self-depreciating as to not anger white people around him
• 'I saw Othello's visage in his mind'


  focused on quality of his mind and purity of heart - not blackness of face. blackness of his face is deceptive. to truly know him you must look into his mind. ironic as Desdemona thinks she knows him but ends up being proven wrong
• 'sooty bosom'
• 'thief' quote
• 'to keep us in false gaze' false seeing
• 'valiant parts' repeated throughout by characters about Othello. despite his race, he has a good reputation due to his military position
• 'let her have her voice' Othello thinks differently to society - by seeing her as equal and ensuring she has a voice of her own
• 'they're all but stomachs, and we're all but food' 'they eat us hungrily, and when they're full they belch us' Emilia's pragmatism shows practical common sense.
• 'cannibals' 'eat' 'greedy' not in control of desire sexually loose women were said to have a medically excessive greed for sex - sexual appetite vs food appetite
• 'that profits yet to come 'tween me and you' marriage associated with money, seen as a transaction. what profit can come to each party. shared view at the time but surprising to come for Othello as so far his views have gone against patriarchal society