Quotes from each Scene Othello

Othello Quotes:
Act 1:
Scene 1:
 “S’blood” (p65 L4)  Iago  contracton oo Gods wounds, the most heorrfic thefng you could say
durfng thefs p rfod, r lfgfous d rfvatonss S ts a pr c d nt oor vfllafny
 Pr o rm nt go s by l t r and af cton, , /ot by the old gradaton, whe r ache s cond , Stood
he fr to the irst” (p67 L36-8)  Iago  Othe llo looks as fo he dfsr gards tradfton, assfo fs
appr cfat d by p rs, dff p rsp ctv s orom audf nc s: 1600s = sheock d + appall d by gofng agt
tradfton but mod rn p rsp ctv would admfr thefs
 “I am not wheat I am” (p68 L66)  Iago  oor sheadows Iago’s chearact r, whefche fs dfsloyal and fs
the mbodfm nt oo b trayal
 “an old black ram , Is tuppfng your wheft w ” (p69 L89-90)  Iago to Brabanto  fnsultng,
the anfmalfstc languag conv ys thefss D heumanfs s Othe llo fn a s ns s
 “O she d c fv s m ” (p72 L164)  Brabanto  chearact rfstc oo trag dys Iago fs the pftom oo
d c ft by Brabanto blam s D sd mona fllustratng heow ft fs not n c ssarfly the p rson wheo
commfts the crfm theat oac s punfshem nts onv nton oo trag dy fs fts rfppl f ct (af cts mor
thean the p opl dfr ctly fnvolv d)
 “O tr ason oo the blood!” (p73 L168)  Brabanto  The xclamatory mpheasfs s the panfck d
o lfngs he fs o lfngs The word “tr ason” heas s rfous connotatons sp cont xtually would vok
quft strong motons, o lfngs wfthefn a 17 the audf nc s

Scene 2:
 “L t hefm do hefs spft ” (p74 L18) Othello  onid nt fndfvfdual, the audf nc r c fv s a good
fmpr ssfon oo Othe llo, he fs an fndfvfdual wheo fs oortherfghet and conid nt fn hefs actons
(admfrabl )s Thefs fmpr ssfon contrasts the fnftal portrayal oo hefm orom othe r chearact rs
 “My parts, my ttl , and my p ro ct soul” (p75 L31)  Othello  Lfst oo 3 fs sfgnficant,
compar s v ry cl arly to Lfn 66 sugg stng theat D sd mona and Othe llo ar fnhe r ntly d stn d
to b tog the r and theat the fr lov fs cl ar by the way fn whefche the way the y ar d scrfb d (or
d scrfb the ms lv s) fs conn ct d by bothe usfng lfst oo 3’ss
 “You sheall mor command wfthe y ars , Thean wfthe your w apons” (p76 L60-1)  Othello to
Brabanto  Thefs ourthe r fnt nsfi s hefs chearact r as fnnat ly good and nobl by b fng
dfplomatc by at mptng to r solv thefs p ac oully or ft could sugg st arroganc by fnsfnuatng
he knows theat he ’ll wfn (fo the r was a pheysfcal ighet)
 “a mafd so t nd r, oafr and heappy” (p77 L66)  Brabanto  R o r to bull t pofnt 2 oor analysfs
 “a practs r , Oo arts fnhefbft d” (p77 L87-8)  Brabanto  the m oo magfc and wftchecraf
would b a sheockfng accusaton to a 17the audf nc , tr asonous and paganfsts orr lat s
cont xtually vs w ll to r lfgfous b lf os

Scene 3:
 “She fs abus d, stol’n orom m , and corrupt d” (p81 L61)  Brabanto  Lfst oo 3 mpheasfs s
hefs dfsgust and heorror at the sftuatons H fs truly he artbrok n and madd n d at the sftuatons
Also gfv s fnsfghet fnto racfal b lf os (cont xtual)