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Othello Leaving Cert
Term | Definition |
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"I Know my price, I am worth no worse a place" | Shows Iago's sense of confidence and pride. |
"Loving his own pride and purposes...... Bombast circumstance" | Iago criticizing Othellos pride and speech |
"That never set a squadron in the field" | Iago mocking Cassio's lack of military experiance |
"I Follow him to serve my turn upon him" | Iago's intentions |
"Thicklips" "Black ram" | Racist remarks by Roderigo and Iago |
"Keep up your bright swords for the dew will rust them" | Othellos sense of control; diffuses tension |
"Whither will you that I go, To answer this your charge?" | Othellos confidance in his innocence |
Valiant Othello | Duke shows respect for Othello |
"Ay to me, she is abus'd, stol'n from me and corrupted" | Barbantio responding to the Duke wondering if Desdemona is dead |
"Most potent,grave and reverend signiors" | Othello's sincere speech |
"Rude I am in my speech" | Shows Othellos lack of self confidence |
"She loved me for the dangers I had passed" | How Othello won Desdemona |
"I am hitherto your daughter; but heres my husband" | Desdemona illustrates her love for her husband to her father |
"A man he is of honesty and trust" | Othello shows his trust for Iago |
"Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see, She has deceived her father and may thee" | Barbantio warns Othello of Desdemona |
"Thus I do make my fool my purse" | Iago boasting about his manipulation skills |
"He's done my office, I know not if't be true" | Iago claiming that Othello may have slept with his wife, but isn't sure |
"Yet I, for mere suspicion in that kind will, will do as if for surety-he holds me well" | Iago will presume it is true in order to exact revenge on Othello |
"The moor is of a free open nature" | Iago admits Othello's strength as a character |
"Cassio I love thee, But never be more a officer of mine" | Othello dismisses Cassio |
"Hold for your lives!" | Othello panics upon being faced with the brawl |
"I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth" | Iago claiming he doesn't wish to speak ill of Cassio |
"Ha! I like not that" | Iago triggers Othello's suspicion |
"Think my lord! By heaven he echos me!" | Othello getting frustrated with Iago playing coy |
"O, beware my lord of jealousy, It is the green eyed monster which doth mock" | Iago warning Othello of jealousy |
"I do not think but Desdemona honest.......... O curse of marriage" | Othello claims that Desdemona is honest with a hint of doubt |
"I'll tear her all to pieces!" | Othello expressing anger towards Desdemona |
"My bloody thoughts with violent pace" | Othello expresses desire for revenge |
"Fetch me the handkerchief" | Othello demanding the handkerchief from Desdemona |
"They are all but stomachs, and we all but food" | Emilia's view of men |
"Work on my medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught" | Iago encouraging his grip on Othello |
"Dost thou mock me?" | Othello accusing Iago of mocking him |
"How shall I murder him Iago?" | Othello plans to murder Cassio |
"Do it not with poison; strangle her in her bed" | Iago suggesting how Othello should kill Desdemona |
"I have not deserved this" | Desdemona defending her innocence |
"Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate Call all-in-all sufficient?" | Lodovico puzzled by Othello's change in character |
"Thou art false as hell" | Othello accusing Desdemona of cheating |
"A fixed figure in times of scorn" | Othello claiming his reputation will be ruined |
"Get to your bed on the instant" | Othello speaking to Desdemona in a formal manner |
"Yet she must die, else she betray more men" | Othello acting as a soldier in the killing of Desdemona |
"O thou Othello thou wert once so good, Fallen in the practice of a damned slave" | Lodovicco telling Othello that he has fallen |
Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well" | Othello asking for his redemption before his suicide |
"From this time forth, I will never speak word" | Iago announcing his intentions to remain silent |
"Come,come your promise" | Desdemona reminding Othello to reinstate Cassio |
"Haply for I am black, and have not those soft parts of conversation chamberers have" | Othello faulting his race |
"If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself" | Compares Desdemona to angel/ Life is meaningless if she is false. |
"I nothing but to please his fantasy" | Emilia acknowledging her place in Iago's life. |
"Nobody. I myself. Farewell" | Desdemona defends Othellos actions. |