For whiles this honest fool / piles Desdemona to repair his fortune / I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear, Pestilence suggests connotations of disease and virus which will have the exact same effect that Iago’s lies will have on Othello Iago expresses how he likes to capitalise and exploit the positive traits others possess . It’s too bad. Othello sickening pleasure in response to this command is the thrice repeated “good” – suggests he is taking pleasure in the thoughts of his revenge His madness is also demonstrated here with his reference to the murder being an act of justiceThis idea is laden with dramatic irony as the audience is fully aware that D and C are completely innocent The idea of justice is repeated as the play builds to its climax making the tragedy even more devastating for the audience, Divinity of hell / when devils will the blackest sins put on / they do suggest at first with heavenly shows -act 2 scene 3 – Iago, Demonstrates where his worship lies The phase is an oxymoron suggesting that he sees the divine in the work of the devil Uses contrasting images of the heaven and hell which demonstrates a self awareness of the evil he is perpetrating. Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Troubling racial aspects of this play is the public perception of black people is violent and savage. ‘It is engender’s: — hell and night/ Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light.’ Act 1 scene 3. ‘Men should be what they seem; /Or those that be not, would they might seem none!’ Act 3 s 3, Means people should be what they appear to be. ‘she’s fram’d as fruitful/ As the free elements. Means I’ll poison the moors ear against her hinting that she taking Cassio’s side because of her lust for him. ‘I’ll warrant her, full Of game.’ Act 2 s 3 She’s good in bed too – meaning ‘What an eye she has! ‘Casio’s a proper man: let me see now;’ Act 1 s 3’—How, how? You don’t take You’re jobs as housewives seriously and you’re shameless hussies in bed. She’ll need to see someone with a handsome face someone close to age someone who looks and acts like her Othello isn’t any of those thing. OPTIONS: Show cue … But he has a serious weakness. ‘you’re robb’d;’ Act 1 scene 1’you have lost half your soul;’ Act 1 scene 1 pg 5 ‘Even now, now, very now, an old black ram/ Is tupping your white ewe.’ Act 1 scene 1. His psychological poison has already had an impact on Othello. / When this advice is free I give and honest’ Act 2 scene 3 in soliloquy. Quotes About– Racism In Othello. (3.3.) Iago is enlisting Roderigo i… Let’s join forces and get revenge – if you seduce desmedona and make a fool out of him it will be fun for both of us. Here, Iago admits to Othello that he tends to be jealous of things that do not exist. You want me to say what I’m thinking? At, well said, whisper! Othello is so certain about what Iago has been telling him that he wants to poison her but Iago says t strangle her and Othello agrees. ‘A thing for me! methinks it sounds a parley to provocation.’ Means such pretty eyes like an invitation ‘When she speaks, is it not an alarm to love?’ Act 2 s 3, ‘He is a soldier fit to stand by Caesar/ And give direction: and do but see his vice;/ ‘Tis to his virtue a just equinox,/ The one as long as the other: ’tis pity of him./ I fear the trust Othello puts him in’ Act 2 s 3. Feel free to share your favorite quotes from Othello in the comments section below. The quote suggests that Emilia has only gradually learned who Iago truly is, and that she is trying to encourage her friend to be more cautious and less naïve. That’s the kind of argument you’d expect from Satan! Iago's mentality is an infectious disease. His suggestion is a subtle mutiny aimed at Roderigo. Even good people think horrible things sometimes. He points out to Roderigo that men cannot follow leaders if they want to lead themselves. Quotes to show Iago's deceitful nature Ironically Iago is repeatedly described as honest - this shows that Iago is such a skilled manipulator: Cassio says that he "never knew a Florentine more kind and honest" Desdemona declares "O, that's an honest fellow" Give me You’re hand rod. Just like the poisoned man's health degenerates with its working, so does Othello's state of being. Start studying Othello Act Two Quotes. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. He’s a bad boy and Desdemona’s already got her eye on him. No he’s got to die. Means you’ll have an African horse climb over you’re daughter. I’ll make the moor thank me, love me and reward me even though the joke will be on him the whole time. Iago’s false words enraged Othello and Othello begins to think poorly of his innocent wife. Act 2 Scene 3 Iago: Iago explains how he will turn the pureness and virtuousness into disgust, undoing all the characteristics that Othello loves about her. ‘Though I perchance am vicious in my guess, / As, I confess, it is my nature’s plague/ To spy into abuses, and of my jealousy/ Shape faults that are not there’ Act 3 s 3. By using the word “pestilence” which has connotations to disease and viruses, it reveals the effect that Iago intends his lies to have on Othello. / the Moor already changes with my poison:/ Dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons, / Which at the first are scarce found to distaste, / But, with a little act upon the blood, / Burn like the mines of sulphur.’ Act 3 s 3, To a jealous man a meaningless little thing like this looks like absolute Proof this handkerchief May be useful to me the moors mind has already become infected with my poisonous suggestions ideas can be like poisons at first they hardly even taste bad but once they get into you Blood they’ll start burning like hot lava pg 97, ‘I should be wise; for honesty’s a fool, / And loses that it works for.’ Act 3 s 3 To Othello, I should always be wise honesty’s stupid it makes me lose my friends even when I’m trying to help them, On Othello means can he even get angry it’s hard to believe I’ve seen him stay calm when cannons were blowing his soldiers to bits, even killing his own brother without him batting an eyelid, ‘Can he be angry? The more she tries to help Cassio the more she’ll shake othellos confidence in her . ‘we work by wit, and not by witchcraft; / And wit depends on dilatory time./ Does’t not go well?.’ Act 2 s 3. He is declaring that everything he does is working towards his own ends, including his service to Othello. Powered by WordPress. Iago (to Othello) Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls Meaning: referring to reputation—how it is everything although he just said reputation does not matter to Cassio (half truth) Iago (to Othello) Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on. I hate the Moor and there’s a widespread rumour that he’s slept with my wife I’m not sure if it’s true but just the suspicion is enough for me. He explains to the audience that even circumstantial evidence such as this which would be dismissed by anyone with a clear mind – to Othello who is already twisted with jealousy will see it as absolute The comparison to ‘Holy Writ’ gives the impression of the evidence being set in stone , utterly convincing to someone in Othello’s state of mind, Act 3 scene 3 – Iago Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio / wear your eyes thus: not jealous nor secure, Crucial suggestion to the success of Iago’s plan having constructed Cassio to appeal to Desdemona’s good nature he will give Othello countless opportunities to see them together Desdemona’s appeal on behalf of Cassio will also take on new meaning in the eyes of Othello Iago’s control of this conversation has been total and he can now openly suggest the idea of Cassio and Desdemona knowing that Othello has already come up with it himselfThat control has now extended to Othello a actions, Act 3 scene 3 -Iago O beware, my lord, of jealousy! You women are all the same you’re as pretty as pictures when you’re out in public but in your own houses your as noisy as jangling bells in your own kitchens you act like wildcats you make yourselves sound like saints when you’re complaining g about something. He wouldn’t sneak away looking so guilty when he saw you coming. And that’s how I’ll turn her good intentions into a big trap to snag them all. Iago Quotes in Othello. ]’ Act 5 s 1 As he knows what’s going on in the dark, ‘O notable strumpet!’ Act 5 s 1 And says ‘I do suspect this trash’ to be apart of the trouble in the dark so he’s blaming bianca, ‘This is the night/ That either makes me or fordoes me quite.’ Act 5 s 1 pg 173, It’s foreshadowing and it’s the last line at that scene . His is the longest part with 1,070 lines. Quote: “Men should be what they seem; / Or those that be not, would they might seem none!” (Act III, Scene 3) Analysis: Iago warns Othello about men who are not what they appear. (3.4.) He’d probably be a good husband to Desdemona . But think of the unhappiness of a man who worships his wife, yet doubts her faithfulness. People like that are easy to manipulate. I’m worried that Othello trusts him too much – talking about Cassio. Othello Quotes Iago's Greed. What if my thoughts are disgusting and wrong? Iago now refers to the idea of jealousy and directed his accusation it Othello Iago allows these powerful ideas to come together in Othello’s mind, so that when he finally mentions the possibility of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness Othello already believes it as plausible, yet not entirely certain. Iago’s Greed Throughout the play Othello, readers witness Iago’s betrayal that leads everyone to their downfall. Iago’s character is consumed with hatred and envy. I can’t stand the moor, but I have to admit that he’s reliable loving and good natured man. Othello- His imagery is growing darker. Thou hast taken against me/ a most just exception; / but yet, I protest, I have dealt most/ directly in thy affair.’ Act 4 s 2 pg 153, Means now I see that you have some guts from this moment on I have a higher opinion of you than before. ‘She did deceive her father, marrying you; / And when she seem’d to shake and fear your looks, / she loved them most.’ Act 3 s 3. Who is so pure they never think a bad thought? The moor is open and straightforward. This is all Igo to himself, [Re-enter Iago, with a light. You’ve been punished for policy reason not because he dislikes you. Thus credulous fools are caught ; / And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, / All guiltless, meet reproach.’ Act 4 s 1 pg 123, Keep working Poison this is the way to trick gullible fools many good and innocent woman are punished for reasons like this, ‘It is a creature / That dotes on Cassio, — as ’tis the strumpet’s plague / To beguile many and be beguil’d by one’ Act 4 s 1 pg 126 means she’s crazy about Cassio that’s the whores curse to seduce man men but to be seduced by one, ‘Do it not with poison; strangle her in her bed, even the/ bed she hath contaminated.’ Act 4 s 1 pg 133, Poiso. At, well said, whisper! (1.3.) IMeans but if you steal reputation you’re robbing me of something that doesn’t make you richer, but makes me much poorer. With as little a web as this I … I have a feeling Cassio seduced my wife aswell . ‘I hate the Moor; / And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets/ He has done my office: I know not if’t be true;/ But I, for mere suspicion in that kind, / Will do as if for surety.’ acts 1 s 3 pg 35. 1913 Words 8 Pages. Ask her to help you heal the rift between her husband and you id bet my lucky stars your problem will be forgotten and your relationship will be stronger than ever, ‘Confess yourself freely to her, importuned her help to put you in your place/ again: she is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a dis-position/, she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do / more than she is requested: this broken joint between you/ and her husband entreat her to splinter; and, my fortunes/ against any lay worth naming, this crack of your love shall / grow stronger than it was before.’ Act 2 scene 3, ‘And What’s he, then, that says I play the villain? Iago mentions this suspicion again at the end of Act II, scene i, explaining that he lusts after Desdemona because he wants to get even with Othello “wife for wife” (II.i. The quote reveals Othello’s blind spot where Iago is concerned, and sets the stage for how Othello’s belief in Iago’s integrity and honesty will lead to disaster. - Poison is a metaphor for Iago's manipulation leading to Othello's downfall - Imagery - Iago clearly recognises the poison effect and controls it. It also is the first seed planted in his game of deception. Means she’s full of good intentions and the moor loves her so much he would renounce his Christianity to keep her happy. There are many events/ in the womb of time which will be delivered.’ Act 1 s 3. Othello believes Iago speaks of Michael Cassio of not being what he seems. Cassio, I love thee / but never more be officer of mine – act 2 scene 3, Dramatic irony ‘mince this matter’ is obvious O believes story Iago tells is only part of truth which is correct however O believes truth to be is that C has more involvement than is being told Reality is Iago leaves his own meddling in affairs which led to the brawl End of his speech Iago has successfully discredited Cassio in the eyes of Othello Brief and bold judgement “never more be officer of mine” – demonstrates effective and authoritative leadership Audience sees Othello is rash and quick to judgment believing what he hearsBecomes his flaw as play progresses, I hate the Moor / But I for mere suspicion in that kind / Will do, as if for surety – act 1 scene 3 – Iago, End of first act Iago revels his hatred for Othello. Othello angrily turns to Iago and yells “ O, devil, devil!” (IIII.i.273) in frustration with his loyal bride. Iago is very popular among the characters in the play. Pg 52. I lack iniquity/ Sometimes to do me service.’ Act 1 scene 2, Means he’s killed men in battle but still believes it’s deeply wrong to murder someone and sometimes he wonders if he’s not cruel enough for this job, ‘he prated, / And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms/ Against your honor, / That, with the little godliness I have, / I did full hard forbear him.’ Act 1 scene 2, Means he kept chattering so foolishly talking about you in such insulting and despicable terms that it was hard for him to restrain himself. Many things can happen. I’d rather have my tongue cut out than speak offence to Cassio. If Cassio survives he’s so handsome and well spoken that he makes me look ugly. Simple and blunt reveals the strength of Iago’s hatred Iago’s willingness to act on “suspicion as if for surety” suggests there is an inherent evil nature to his character and that the motives he gives are purely incidental Ironically, exactly what Iago is able to convince Othello to do – change from being a man who judges by what he sees to judging on what he hears, The Moor is of a free and open nature / that thinks men honest that but seem to be so – Act 1 scene 3 – Iago, Iago views O’s qualities of trust and openness that O is proud of as a weakness Audience knows being “of a free and open nature” Iago believes is a flaw making a person susceptible to being taken advantage of – which in this soliloquy Iago makes clear he intends to do this to Othello, Demand me nothing. The man who knows his wife is cheating on him is happy because at least he isn’t friends with the man she’s sleeping with. Iago exploits everyone’s weaknesses and in turn this reveals his own weakness, greed. ‘Forsooth, a great arithmetician, / One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, / A fellow almost damn’d in a fair wife;/ That never set a squadron in the field, / Nor the division of a battle knows / More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric, / Wherein the toged consuls can propose/ As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practice, / Is all his soldiership.’ Act 1 scene 1 page 2, ‘But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve/ For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.’ – Act 1 scene 1, If my outward appearance started reflecting what I really felt, soon enough I’d be wearing my heart on my sleeve for birds to peck at. That’s how I always do it, getting money from fools. No it’s better to hide it , I’m not who I appear to be, Iago tells brabantio he’s been robbed, half his soul has been ripped out and an old black ram is having sex with his little white lamb. I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. Here Othello says to Iago that when he sees actual evidence that Desdemona is cheating on him he will not love her anymore Othello Quotes ACT 3 SCENE 3 – TEMPTATION SCENE, Look to her , Moor, if thou hast eyes to see / she has deceived her father , and may thee – act 1 scene 3 – brabantio, Later used in the play by Iago as evidence of D infidelity, He takes her by the palm. The best quotes from Othello by William Shakespeare - organized by theme, including book location and character - with an explanation to help you understand! You haven’t lost it unless you think you have, ‘a punishment more in policy than in malice;/ even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to affright/ an imperious lion:’ Act 2 s 3. Now, I do love her too;/ Not Put Of absolute lust, — though, peradventure, / I stand accountant for a great sin, —/ But partly led to diet my revenge,/ For that I do suspect the lusty Moor/ Hath leap’d into my seat: the thought whereof/ Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnawing inwards;/ And nothing can or shall content my soul/ Till I am even’d with him, wife for wife;’ Act 2 s 1. This statement is one of the few moments of honesty between Iago and another character. And who’s to say I’m evil when my advice is so good ? Designed by GonThemes. When devils are about to commit their biggest sins they put on their most heavenly faces just like I’m doing now pg 71, ‘I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear, —/ That she reveals him for her body’s lust;/ And by how much she strives to do him good, / She Shall undo her credit with the Moor. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, known popularly as just Othello, is one of the most famous plays by great English playwright William Shakespeare.The central plot of the play is how Iago, an ensign of the Moorish general Othello, poisons him against his beloved wife Desdemona by sowing seeds of suspicion in Othello’s mind of Desdemona having an affair with Othello’s … B is an important man in this city almost as powerful as the duke himself. With as little a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio – act 2 scene 1, Iago sees his chance for revenge in the enthusiastic behaviour and actions of C C is acting according to the etiquette of Venetian polite society yet Iago twists this into a more lascivious side to his actionsImagery of referring to his plan as a ‘web’ paints himself as a dangerous spider who plans to trap his prey in an invisible trap, O, you are well tuned now; But I’ll set down the pegs that make the music / As honest as I am – Act 2 scene 1 – Iago, Iago closely observes the intimacy and love between O and D promising to ruin the happiness Compares them to a piece of music which aptly describes their rhythm and harmony when in each other’s companyIago promises to “set down the pegs” effectively suggesting he will interfere and upset this harmony Ironic “as honest as I am” suggests he will be interning for his own purposes of revenge, I know, Iago / thy honesty and love doth mince this matter / making it light to Cassio. There’s none so foul and foolish thereunto, / But dies foul pranks which fair and wise ones do.’ Act 2 scene 1, Means no matter how ugly or stupid the woman is she plays the same dirty tricks that the smart and pretty ones do, ‘you are well tun’d now! Strangle her in bed, even the bed she hath contaminated – act 4 scene 1, Iago is so confident in his hold over Othello he can even direct him in the manner of D murder . He’s so enslaved by love that she can make him do whatever she wants. Advice Iago gives to Cassio to get back into othellos good books Which means go open your heart to her ask her to help you get back in your position she is so generous so kind and ready to help that she thinks it’s wrong not to do everything she can even more than she is asked to do. Whether he kills Cassio or Cassio kills him they kill each other it all works in my favour. The villain Iago from "Othello" is a central character, and understanding him is key to understanding Shakespeare's entire play. “Heavenly shows” refers to his friendly exterior while “blackest sins” reveals his true nature, As I do now. ‘I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth/ Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio;’ Act 2 scene 3 Iago. 41566525: Act III Scene III. In the same speech as the one quoted above, Iago epeats that same concept saying, “In following him, I but follow myself” (1. Means it wouldn’t be wise or responsible for me to tell you them. ‘Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, / Is the immediate jewel of their souls:’ Act 3 s 3 And ‘But he that filches from me my good name/ Robs me of that which not enriches him/ And makes me poor indeed.’ Act 3 s 3. Word Count: 591. Now, whether he kill Cassio, / Or Cassio him, or each do kill the other, / Every way makes my gain: live Roderigo, / He calls me to a restitution large/ Of gold and jewels that I bobb’d from him, /As gifts to Desdemona;/It must not be: if Cassio do remain,/ He hath a daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly; and besides, the Moor / May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril; / No, he must die.’ Act 5 s 1 pg 164 check out all my notes, Means I’ve rubbed this young pimple until he’s ready to pop and now he’s angry. You can never see the end of an evil plan until the moment comes. In the play, Iago feeds Othello lies about his wife Desdemona. (Iago, Act 1 scene 3) Put money in thy purse. Also, referring to Othello, Iago says that not all men are fit to lead and not all leaders should be followed. Significant quotes in William Shakespeare's Othello with explanations. Othello appoints Iago to be that officer, because "A man he is of honesty and trust" (1.3.284).A little later, Othello entrusts Iago with the responsibility of escorting Desdemona to Cyprus, and asks him to have Iago's wife be her companion. Othello – Iago quotes. Othello – Iago Quotes Act 1 scene 1 ‘I know my price, I am worth no worse a place:—’ Act 1 scene one means that he knows well that he deserved the position. Iago : ‘The magnifico is much beloved; / And hath, in his effect, a voice potential/ As double as the duke’s’ Act 1 scene 2, ‘Our/ bodies are gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners;/ so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hypssop/ And weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness / or manures with industry; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.’ Act 1 s 3 pg 32, Means our bodies are like gardens and our willpower is like the gardener. He knows that Roderigo lusts after Desdemona and is angry to learn that she is married Othello. She was so young but she deceived her father so thoroughly he thought it was witchcraft! As Iago makes insinuations about Desdemona’s adultery and Othello pressures him to reveal what he knows, Iago warns Othello against succumbing to jealousy. "As I confess it is my nature's plague/ To spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy/ shapes faults that are not." Means beware of jealousy it is a green-eye monster that makes fun of the victims it devours. Speeches (Lines) for Iago in "Othello" Total: 272. print/save view. The Duke tells Othello that he must leave for Cyprus immediately, but must also leave behind an officer to deliver documents from the Senate. Powered by WordPress. But you act like devils when someone offends you . Othello says this to Iago after starting to become suspicious about what might be happening between Desdemona and Cassio. ‘She that, so young, could give out such a seeming, / To deal her father’s eyes up close as oak, — /He thought ’twas witchcraft,’ Act 3 s 3. Iago himself proffers two reasons for wishing to injure Othello and Cassio. That is, he knows that saying the word “jealousy” and conjuring an offensive visual image will intensify Othello’s concern. ‘For my manhood, honesty, or wisdom, / To let you know my thoughts.’ Act 3 s 3. They are not ever jealous for the cause But jealous for they’re jealous. 286). I’ll say bad things about him to the moor . What you know, you know / from this time forth I never will speak word – act 5 scene 2 – Iago, Iago last lines – defiant, rebellious and enhance the ambiguity of the nature of the nature of his character for the audience For audience rather meek ending for a villain such as Iago Adds to enigmatic nature of his evil and suggests he was operating entirely without motive Motives have been questionable and founded mainly on rumour and hearsay Fact he offers no explanation seems to make his actions all the more worse and furthers the link made between him and the devil, I look down towards his feet – but that’s a fable / if that thou best a devil, I cannot kill thee – act 5 scene 2 – othello, O refers to a fable as he looks at Iago’s feet He is checking for clove hooves suggestive of the fact O believes Iago must be the devil Iago finally seen for the diabolical villain who convinced everyone of his honesty He became a confidant and advisor to all whiles simultaneously scheming to bring down othello , Cassio and Desdemona, Now whether he kill Cassio or Cassio him or each do kill the other, Repetition of or suggests elements of uncertainty at this point , Iago the main instigator doesn’t know what will happen either way it will work in his favour, I am not what I am – act 1 scene 1 – Iago, The contradiction of this statement clearly establishes Iago’s duplicity early in the drama how he appears throughout the play is very different from the relations of his beliefs and motivesEstablishes the demonic nature of his character – that his outward appearance is merely to conceal his true self, Like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards / till I am evened with him wife for wife – act 2 scene 2, Uses imagery to describe the effect he thought of his wife’s affair with Othello has on him He compares the feeling to a poisonous mineral working on his stomach Iago is clearly jealous of othello and uses this rumour as justification for his actions He refers to squaring things “wife for wife” suggesting he fully intends to use Desdemona in order to destroy othello, Do it with poison. - William Shakespeare, Iago Quotes, Act 4, Scene 1, Line 207. Othello now starts to talk like Iago. (Cassio, Act 2 Scene 3) ‘you’ll have your daughter/ covered with a Barbary horse;’ Act 1 scene 1 pg 7. I’ve got a good plan though I haven’t worked out the details yet. The quote shows that from the moment the action begins, Iago is already looking for ways to bring about Othello’s downfall. Who has a breast so pure / But some unclearly apprehensions / Keep leets And Law-days, And In session sit/ With mediations lawful?’ Act 3 s 3 pg 87. 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