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“I am not what I am” - Iago to audience |
Dramatic irony Devil |
Beginning of the play and Iago talks to the audience as well as Roderigo |
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Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ew” - Iago about Othello |
Repetition of now and use of present tense is used to make things seem more immediate |
Iago tells Brabantio (Desdemona’s dad) that she has secretly wed Othello |
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So please your grace, my ancient: a man he is of honesty and trust” - Othello about Iago |
Ironic use of honest Honesty shows 49 times in Othello |
Othello introduces Iago to the The Duke in Venice |
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“Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see: she has deceived her father, and may thee” - Brabantio about Desdemona |
Brabantio is the first to bring attention to Desdemona’s infidelity |
Brabantio tells Othello that Desdemona might be unfaithful to Othello after Brabantio finds out that she wed behind his back |
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O beware my lord of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on ~ Iago to Othello |
Could be taken as Iago talking about himself |
Iago warns Othello of the dangers of jealousy as Othello begins to be consumed by it |
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Not poppy or mandragora not all the drowsy syrups of the world shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep which thou owedest yesterday ~ Iago |
Stress of all reinforces the that nothing can make Othello turn back to how he was |
Iago speaks about Othello (to the audience) and how his scheme has been rightfully set up |
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I think my wife be honest, and think she is not, I think that thou art just, and think thou art not” |
Lines are identical- showing he does not know whether Desdemona or Iago is telling the truth” |
Comes at a turning point in the middle of the play, act 3 scene: 3, Othello believes both equally at this point and after this is when he turns to believing Iago |
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Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light! ~ Othello |
Shows he’s killing her incase she betrays other men- a weak rationale showing he doesn’t really believe it himself Simple and brutal, comparing killing someone to extinguishing a candle flame |
Othello justifying why he must kill Desdemona and also shows that he is set on it |
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Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word ~ Iago |
This line solidifies Iago as being mysterious as it doesn’t give away his intent or reasons behind his actions |
Iago has been caught and his plan has been unraveled by Emilia. |
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Then must you speak of one that loved not wisely, but too well |
Shows Othello is confused, saying he loved Desdemona ‘too much’ suggesting he was too trusting Suggests that he actually did it to protect his reputation. As a man with an unfaithful wife it could be seen as an honour killing. This quote then infers this by suggesting that his actions were moral and came from a place of good; a desperate attempt to salvage his reputation |
Othello says this before committing suicide, about how he believes people should remember him once he’s gone |
