User:Mosborne01/Temp/Answers to Othello Game.doc
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| Quote | Description of what it shows. |
| “even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” (I.1.90) | Our initial impressions of Othello are developed through what others say about him. |
| “My services, which I have done the signory, shall out-tongue his complaints.” (I.2.19) | Othello is not afraid of admitting that he is a very good soldier, and a capable General. |
| “I fetch my life and being from men of royal siege.” (I.2.21) | Othello prefers to be known through his deeds rather than for his family. |
| “Rude am I in my speech, and little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.” (I.3.81) | Othello is modest, and has an honest opinion of his strengths and weaknesses. |
| “Send for the lady to the Sagittary, and let her speak of me before her father.” (I.3.115) | At the beginning of the play, he trusts Desdemona enough to call for her in order to help him defend himself. |
| “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.” (I.3.266) | Othello explains the reasons why he and Desdemona fell in love. |
| “Cassio, I love thee, but never more be officer of mine.” (II.3.242) | Othello shows that he is fair and just by doing something that he hates, partly because he knows that it is expected of somebody in his position. |
| “Perdition catch my soul, but I do love thee! And when I love thee not, chaos is come again.” (III.3.90) | Othello knows that he loves Desdemona so much that only a great catastrophe can separate them. |
| “For she had eyes and chose me. No Iago, I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove.” (III.3.188) | Othello is sure of the love between him and Desdemona. |
| “She’s gone: I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.” (III.3.264) | He feels so strongly for Desdemona that there is no middle ground. He either loves her, or thinks that he has lost her. |
| “Pish! Noses, ears, and lips! Is’t possible? Confess? Handkerchief! O devil!” (IV.1.41) | Othello is insane with jealousy, without having seen any real proof. |
| “yet she must die, or else she’ll betray more men.” (V.2.6) | Othello has developed his idea of Desdemona into that of a witch, wanting to corrupt men. |
| “I, that am cruel, am yet merciful.” (V.2.88) | He sincerely thinks that he is justified in his actions. |
| “but why should honour outlive honesty? Let it all go.” (V.2.243) | Othello realises his mistake, and admits that he has nothing left. |
| “I kissed thee, ere I killed thee. No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss.” (V.2.355) | Othello tries to reconcile with Desdemona, even though she is dead. |
