A comprehensive collection of quotes from each theme in William Shakespeare's Othello, along with key references to the various settings. This resource features curated quotes from each character, organized by theme, making it an essential tool for literature essays and exams. Designed for easy rec...
OTHELLO
william shakespeare
set in Venice, Italy and Cyprus
The Duke of Venice
characters:
Brabantio (a Senator, father of Desdemona)
themes: Gratiano (Brabantio’s brother, noble)
Lodovico (kingsman to Brabantio)
Race
Roderigo (wanted to marry Desdemona)
Jealousy
Othello (a General)
Deception
Cassio (Othello’s lieutenant)
Heroism
Iago (ensign-standard bearer- to Othello)
Patriarchal society
Clown (Othello’s servant)
Otherness
Montano (Governor of Cyprus)
Appearance vs
Desdemona (Brabantio’s daughter and Othello’s wife)
reality
Emilia (wife of Iago)
Bianca (mistress of Cassio)
QUOTES:
race:
patriarchal society: “his Moorship’s ancient.” - act 1, scene 1,
line 33
“Your daughter...hath made a gross revolt.” “does the thick-lips owe.” - act 1, scene 1,
- act 1, scene 1, line 133 line 67
“How she got out?” - act 1, scene 1, line 169 “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.”
“To you I am bound for life and education.” - act 1, scene 1, line 89
- act 1, scene 3, line 180 “Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.”
“She has deceiv’d her father and may thee.” - act 1, scene 1, line 92
- act 1, scene 3, line 290 “you’ll have your daughter covered with Barbary
“Put money in thy purse.” - act 1, scene 3, line 335 horse.” - act 1, scene 1, line 112
“he hath achiev’d a maid.” - act 2, scene 1, line 61 “In an extravagant and wheeling stranger.”
“You rise to play and go to bed to work.” - act 1, scene 1, line 136
- act 2, scene 1, line 114
“Shall’t be tonight at supper?” act 3, scene 3, line 56
“I am obedient.” - act 3, scene 3, line 89 deception:
“Call these delicate creatures ours and not their
“I follow him to serve my turn upon him”
appetites!” - act 3, scene 3, line 271
- act 1, scene 1, line 42
“I nothing but to please his fantasy.”
“I am not what I am.” - act 1, scene 1, line 66
- act 3, scene 3, line 301
“I must show out a flag and sign of love.”
“They are all but stomachs, and we all but food.”
- act 1, scene 1. line 156
- act 3, scene 4, line 98
“She has deceiv’d her father and may thee.”
“Let husbands know their wives have sense like
- act 1, scene 3, line 290
them.” - act 4, scene 3, line 91
“Myself the crying fellow did persue.”
“Nobody, I myself. Farewell.” - act 5, scene 2, line
- act 2, scene 3, line 214
125
“I never knew a Florentine more kind and
“Commend me to my king lord.” - act 5, scene 2,
honest.” - act 3, scene 2, line 39
line 126
“Men should be what they seem.”
“’Tis proper I obey him, but not now.”
- act 3, scene 3, line 127
- act 5, scene 2, line 195
“For your words and performances are not kin
together.” - act 4, scene 2, line 181
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