Othello

• Iago: 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.'
• Iago: 'I will wear my heart upon my sleeve.'
• Othello: 'A foregone conclusion.'
• Othello: 'One that loved not wisely but too well.'
• Iago: 'We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd.'
• Emilia: 'They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us.'
• Othello: 'Put out the light, and then put out the light: If I quench thee, thou flaming minister.'
• Emilia: 'I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at stake.'
• Iago: 'It makes us or it mars us.'
• Cassio: 'Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.'
• Iago: 'Strangle her in bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.'
• Desdemona: 'His unkindness may defeat my life But never taint my love.'
• Desdemona: 'Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse Full of crusadoes. And but my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness As jealous creatures are, it were enough To put him to ill thinking.'
• Iago : "I am not what I am." Appearance vs reality, duplicity, dramatic irony, primacy effect
• Iago: "An old black ram is tupping your white ewe" racial prejudice, animalisation-dehumanising, power dynamic
• Othello: "So please yout grace, my ancient: A man he is of honesty and trust." - dramatic irony, appearance vs reality
• Brabantio: "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has decieved her father, and may thee." places idea in I mind, rhyme- memorable
• Iago: "O beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on" -animalisation of jealousy (predatory), metaphor, subordination
• Iago: "Not poppy nor mangragora Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owedest yesterday"
• Othello: "I think my wife be honest, and think she is not, I think that thou art just, and think thou art not." -Turning point, anaphora/epiphora, crucial decision, "think"=doubt
• "She did deceive her father, marrying you" Brabantio's words to Othello, foreshadowing
• Othello: "Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men, Put out the light, and then put out the light" -fraternity, symbolism, weak rationale
• Iago: "Demand me nothing, what you know, you know, From this time forth I never will speak work." -denies audience catharsis as will never know his intentions, repetition
• Othello: "Then you must speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well" -third person-detached, confusion, actions to protect reputation
• Desdemona: "Noble Moor, what may this mean? That ever I received, I am indebted to you" -grateful, flattery, subservient
• Jealousy and Betrayal. Central to Othello's devastating arc is the theme of jealousy. Iago, the play's arch-villain, masterfully manipulates Othello's love.
• Jealousy. The main motivator behind the actions of Othello, Iago and Roderigo is jealousy, which is evident from the opening scene of the play.
• Deception and Treachery. In Othello, Othello simultaneously believes he is being deceived by characters who are honest while failing to see the deceit
• In Shakespeare's Othello, the theme of gender roles is explored through the interactions between the male and female characters, as well as through the societal expectations.
• Appearance versus reality is a major theme in Othello, the Moor of Venice, because almost every character has two sides to their personality. The theme of appearance versus reality is also evident in the character of Cassio. At the beginning of the play, he is presented as a loyal and trustworthy.
• Two contrasting images of womanhood dominate Othello: the virtuous and loyal woman, or Madonna, embodied by Desdemona; and the whore, embodied, to a certain extent by Bianca. Yet over the course of the play, it becomes clear that these two different ways of describing women don't actually apply to real women. Instead, they are male fantasies imposed on women
• Racial Prejudice. Prejudice is a major theme in Othello, mainly because Othello is black and Desdemona is white. Othello is seen as an outsider despite having a high status in Venetian society.
• Race is an extremely important theme, as it leads to Othello's insecurity, which Iago is able to manipulate. It is also what Othello is most often defined by.
• Manhood and Honor. Throughout the play, various male figures seek to assert and protect their manhood and their honor
• Othello wants revenge on his wife for committing adultery, Iago wants revenge on Othello for his jealousy about Cassio being given a promotion.
• Iago- "Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe."
• Iago- "I am not what I am"
• Othello- "O my soul's joy" when Othello and Desdemona are reunited in Cyprus.
• Iago- "And out of her own goodness make the net/ that shall enmesh them all"