Power: both political and private + Heroism + Pride
Iago (Act 1 scene 1) - “In following him, I follow but myself”
Othello (Act 1 scene 2) - “My parts my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly”
Othello (Act 1 scene 2) - “Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.”
Othello (Act 1 scene 3) - “Rude am I in speech/ And little bless’d with the soft phrase of peace”
Iago (Act 2 scene 1) - “Till I am even’d with him, wife for wife”
Iago (Act 2 scene 1) - “Make the Moor thank me, love me and reward me”
Iago (Act 2 scene 3) - “He’ll be as full as quarrel and offence/ As my young mistress’ dog”
Iago (Act 2 scene 3) - “‘Tis pride that pulls the country down”
Cassio (Act 2 scene 3) - “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have/ lost my reputation”
Cassio (Act 3 scene 1) - “Give me advantage of some brief discourse/ With Desdemon alone”
Desdemona (Act 3 scene 3) - “I am obedient”
Othello (Act 3 scene 4) “hand is moist”
Othello (Act 4 scene 1) [he] falls in a trance
Othello (Act 4 scene 1) “A horned man’s a monster and beast”
, Iago (Act 4 Scene 1) “Do it not with poison, strangle her in the bed/ even the bed she hath
contaminated”
Desdemona (Act 4 scene 2) “Lay on my bed my wedding sheets; remember/ And call thy husband
hither”
Desdemona (Act 4 scene 3) “Sing willow, willow, willow”
Iago (Act 5 scene 1) “If Cassio do remain/ He hath a daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly; and
besides, the Moor/ May unfold to him - there stand I in my peril/ No, he must die”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2) “I would not kill thy unprepared spirit/ No, heaven forfend, I would not kill thy
soul”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2) “That handkerchief/ Which I so loved and gave thee, thou gavest/ To Cassio”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2 - speech) “I have done the state some service, and they know’t”
Lodovico (Act 5 scene 2) “Myself will straight abroad: and to the state/ This heavy act with heavy
heart relate”
Iago (Act 1 scene 1) - “In following him, I follow but myself”
Othello (Act 1 scene 2) - “My parts my title and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly”
Othello (Act 1 scene 2) - “Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.”
Othello (Act 1 scene 3) - “Rude am I in speech/ And little bless’d with the soft phrase of peace”
Iago (Act 2 scene 1) - “Till I am even’d with him, wife for wife”
Iago (Act 2 scene 1) - “Make the Moor thank me, love me and reward me”
Iago (Act 2 scene 3) - “He’ll be as full as quarrel and offence/ As my young mistress’ dog”
Iago (Act 2 scene 3) - “‘Tis pride that pulls the country down”
Cassio (Act 2 scene 3) - “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have/ lost my reputation”
Cassio (Act 3 scene 1) - “Give me advantage of some brief discourse/ With Desdemon alone”
Desdemona (Act 3 scene 3) - “I am obedient”
Othello (Act 3 scene 4) “hand is moist”
Othello (Act 4 scene 1) [he] falls in a trance
Othello (Act 4 scene 1) “A horned man’s a monster and beast”
, Iago (Act 4 Scene 1) “Do it not with poison, strangle her in the bed/ even the bed she hath
contaminated”
Desdemona (Act 4 scene 2) “Lay on my bed my wedding sheets; remember/ And call thy husband
hither”
Desdemona (Act 4 scene 3) “Sing willow, willow, willow”
Iago (Act 5 scene 1) “If Cassio do remain/ He hath a daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly; and
besides, the Moor/ May unfold to him - there stand I in my peril/ No, he must die”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2) “I would not kill thy unprepared spirit/ No, heaven forfend, I would not kill thy
soul”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2) “That handkerchief/ Which I so loved and gave thee, thou gavest/ To Cassio”
Othello (Act 5 scene 2 - speech) “I have done the state some service, and they know’t”
Lodovico (Act 5 scene 2) “Myself will straight abroad: and to the state/ This heavy act with heavy
heart relate”
