I am most unhappy in the loss of it. thou praisest the worst best. No, by my life and soul! But what should go by water. The best quotes from Othello by William Shakespeare - organized by theme, including book location and character - with an explanation to help you understand! Why, I have lost him too. Cassio. moved my lord on his behalf, and hope all will be well. You have known him long; and be you well assured... Do not doubt that; before Emilia here I have heard it said so. Your dinner, and the generous islanders She that I spake of, our great captain's captain, And stood within the blank of his displeasure —When Cassio laughs at the idea of marrying Bianca, Othello, who thinks Cassio is talking about Desdemona, becomes more confirmed in his jealousy But yet … The Relationship Between Othello and Iago Shakespeare and Race: The Relationship Between Othello and Desdemona Othello: Essay Topics Othello. Desdemona. Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, #2: “She, in spite of nature, Of years, of country, credit, every thing, To fall in love with what she feared to look on! To change the cod's head for the salmon's tail; These Othello quotes bring the life of a story written centuries ago to modern life, as many of the virtues in this old play are still valid today. I cannot weep; nor answer have I none,... 'Tis meet I should be used so, very meet. No, unpin me here. Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? Drew all such humours from him. done. Shall I go fetch your night-gown? Farewell He did not call; he's busy in the paper. When they change us for others? Shared dangers with you,—. If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it I will deny thee nothing. O, but I fear—How lost you company? "Othello does not kill Desdemona in jealousy, but in a conviction forced upon him by the almost superhuman art of Iago, such as any man must and would have entertained who had believed lago's honesty as Othello did. And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, As I have spoken for you all my best Then would to God that I had never seen't! Desdemona. Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception She that in wisdom never was so frail praise me? Iago does this by using people once again, this time … If you say so, I hope you will not kill me. This creates ironic tension between different meanings of honest because Iago uses his "honest" reputation to destroy Cassio's honour and Desdemona's chastity. The business of the state does him offence, Whom I with all the office of my heart At the end of the play Lodovico, referring to the bodies of Othello, Desdemona, and Emilia, says “the object poisons sight.” Most gracious duke, To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear; And let me find a charter in your voice, To assist my simpleness. If I have any grace or power to move you, merit, did justly put on the vouch of very malice itself? And makest me call what I intend to do That nor my service past, nor present sorrows, [Aside] Desdemona. A fixed figure for the time of scorn On Tuesday noon, or night; on Wednesday morn:... Why, this is not a boon; Desdemona. Othello bids goodnight and asks for Desdemona to wait in bed for him, and Desdemona talks with her maid, Emilia about her love for Othello, as well as different attitudes to marriage and fidelity. A sibyl, that had number'd in the world Either from Venice, or some unhatch'd practise Desdemona. And sweet revenge grows harsh. As husbands have. Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter, Honest Iago hath ta'en order for't. Othello. I will deny thee nothing: It strikes where it doth love. Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio, Othello. that was my lady's voice. Or stand so mammering on. The Duke is saying that it's useless to hold onto a grudge, and if something happened in the past, then leave it in the past and move on. Othello. I ne'er saw this before. May the winds blow till they have waken'd death! Sonnets    he is betray'd and I undone. Hath she forsook so many noble matches, Or scant our former having in despite; We must not now displease him. Othello. I pray you, be content; 'tis but his humour: About OSS, OPTIONS: Hide cue speeches • Show full speeches (no cues) • Show truncated speeches (no cues). Clown. Othello demotes Cassio while at the same time becoming very unpleasant to Desdemona. Iago “Ply Desdemona well and you are sure on’t. Can you inquire him out, and be edified by report? forthwith: dismiss your attendant there: look it be done. "Thou my lieutenant" "I am your own for ever." Othello. Hot, hot, and moist: this hand of yours requires Sing willow, willow, willow: Desdemona. Desdemona. Desdemona. go, and importune her. Nor purposed merit in futurity, Impudent strumpet! If I do find him fit, I'll move your suit To do the act that might the addition earn He's a soldier, and for one to say a soldier lies, Do it with gentle means and easy tasks: joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for Desdemona. 4 of 30. brabantio talking about Othello enchanting Desdemona (two quotes) 'damned as thou art, … speak, is it out Iago promises to help Roderigo murder Cassio so that Othello–and therefore Desdemona–will have to stick around in Cyprus. Is hush'd within the hollow mine of earth, And did forsake her: she had a song of 'willow;' Othello. Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit. Were he in favour as in humour alter'd. And he does chide with you. Desdemona. Whose footing here anticipates our thoughts But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do. I'll make thee an example. Othello. Do not learn Emilia. Desdemona. For me, Desdemona and Emilia are strong characters in their own rights but they’re often used and mistreated, in this play more so than the others we have read. I have sent to bid Cassio come speak with you. Brabantio. Desdemona tries to change the subject and starts talking about Cassio getting back his position which makes Othello think even more that she has been with him in his bed. To your own person: nay, when I have a suit Othello thinks this is a wonderful idea, and says he'll listen with patient and bloody thoughts. Desdemona. Iago. Othello Quotes: Please translate from Act IV, Scene 3 when Emilia is talking to Desdemona. Dost thou in conscience think,—tell me, Emilia,—... Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world? Emilia. That we can call these delicate creatures ours, Saints m your injuries, devils being offended, She that being anger'd, her revenge being nigh, If my offence be of such mortal kind Cassio talks flippantly of Bianca, a sex worker, further enraging Othello who believes Cassio is treating Desdemona like a prostitute while she dotes on Cassio like a loose woman. Clown. Have mercy on me! Desdemona. 3 of 30. Desdemona. Of course, Brabantio couldn't be more wrong about his daughter – Desdemona is in love Othello. The rites for which I love him are bereft me, My dear Othello! -Othello-Desdemona Explication: Othello is explaining how important the handkerchief is to him and its loss would bring ruin and sadness. I thank you, valiant Cassio. Players in your housewifery, and housewives' in your beds. Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, And sing it like poor Barbara. When I have spoke of you dispraisingly, Othello. I have none: do not talk to me, Emilia; Let me but bind it hard, within this hour... Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? I have been talking with a suitor here, I understand a fury in your words. Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly, When Cassio returns, Iago questions him about his relationship with Bianca, knowing that Othello will think that they are talking about Desdemona. Be not to be a strumpet, I am none. Good love, call him back. Desdemona. Othello. [Opens the letter, and reads]. You may, indeed, say so; What miserable praise hast thou for would it not make one weep? Farewell Beshrew him for't! How now, my lord! Iago’s false words enraged Othello and Othello begins to think poorly of his innocent wife. Othello. I am not merry; but I do beguile What is it that they do My soul hath her content so absolute ... Emilia enters, and tells Cassio that Othello and Desdemona have been talking about his situation. Advanced Search    What committed! Exist, and be a member of his love Desdemona. 22. Othello. OTHELLO: " Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easil jealous, but being wrought perplex'd in the extreme"(5.2.341-345). Duke of Venice. How if she be black and witty? I am very sorry that you are not well. Desdemona. Due to the Moor my lord. What is your pleasure, madam? Hail to thee, lady! Trust me, I could do much,—. Emilia. Most veritable; therefore look to't well. But not the words. Desdemona. For others' uses. is't gone? It plucks out brains and all: but my Muse labours, Good my lord, no: farewell, my lord. then murder's out of tune, Let me see your eyes; Alas the heavy day! Iago. If haply you my father do suspect Concerning you. Unfit for mine own purposes. I cannot speak of this. I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot In this example poison is portrayed as something that deformed the natural. Yet, 'tis the plague of great ones; Desdemona. my fear interprets: what, is he dead? Or feed on nourishing dishes, or keep you warm, Plays    O, that's an honest fellow. Than give thy cause away. I hope my noble lord esteems me honest. Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, But to go hang my head all at one side, To bring him in! This is an example for deception or dishonesty because he was talking about lying. Men's natures wrangle with inferior things, The fountain from the which my current runs, [Enter OTHELLO] No, his mouth is stopp'd; When Othello has found out that Cassio has the handkerchief, He goes to Desdemona and says, “Lend me thy handkerchief” - William Shakespeare, Iago Quotes, Act 4, Scene 3. The Othello quotes below are all either spoken by Desdemona or refer to Desdemona. Othello. But jealous souls will not be answer'd so; All texts are in the public domain and be used freely for any purpose. Desdemona. Desdemona’s flirtatious ‘devour[ing] up [of Othello’s] discourse’ and her ‘serious incl[ing]’ (1.3.146–50) towards his autobiographical stories are reflective of Shakespeare’s Venice at large; a society eager for the most colourful version of events and with no pressing concern for the truth of the tales it is told. Othello. Can any thing be made of this? Desdemona. Help! To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear; O, that's an honest fellow. This is another demonstration of her not being a submissive, passive character—she decided she wanted him, and she pursued him. Desdemona. So help me every spirit sanctified, Othello believes Iago speaks of Michael Cassio of not being what he seems. Desdemona. Those that do teach young babes Are you not well? If he had never loved or kissed her, she never would have died. woman indeed, one that, in the authority of her Emilia. And ever will—though he do shake me off Desdemona. How now, my dear Othello! Desdemona. Nor I neither by this heavenly light; [Singing] The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, not make her husband a cuckold to make him a How comes this trick upon him? I think the sun where he was born Do not doubt, Cassio, But I will have my lord and you again... 23. Prithee, no more: let him come when he will; lodging and say he lies here or he lies there, were Comfort forswear me! Exceed three days: in faith, he's penitent; Though great ones are their object. Iago. Desdemona. Othello. I had rather be a toad, That policy may either last so long, This Lodovico is a proper man. OTHELLO : Not now, sweet Desdemona; some other time. O! Desdemona. A man that languishes in your displeasure. the alehouse. The bawdy wind that kisses all it meets Desdemona. In the play, Iago feeds Othello lies about his wife Desdemona. I saw Othello's visage in his mind, To knot and gender in! You'll have enough. help, ho! The thing I am, by seeming otherwise.... Well praised! She was in love, and he she loved proved mad When I have pluck'd the rose, Othello explains that it was Desdemona who pursued him after she fell in love with his stories of valor: “These things to hear would Desdemona seriously incline," (Act One, Scene Three). It yet hath felt no age nor known no sorrow. And love thee after. Good friend, go to him; for, by this light of heaven, Throwing restraint upon us; or say they strike us, He's never any thing but your true servant. Othello says this to Desdemona after he arrives in Cyprus after she does. to lie in mine own throat. Desdemona. Desdemona. How if she be black and witty? Desdemona. O, that's an honest fellow. I never gave him cause. Are you not well? Othello. How goes it now? Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings, Othello. I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me; Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia? Heaven keep that monster from Othello's mind! The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase,... 20. Fie, there is no such man; it is impossible. That errs in ignorance and not in cunning, He found it then; To assist my simpleness. I give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee, OTHELLO : The sooner, sweet, for you. Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this, All texts are in the public domain and be used freely for any purpose. she might lie by an … But with such general warranty of heaven Or made gift of it, my father's eye Othello. Lay on my bed my wedding sheets: remember; Iago. I never gave it him: send for him hither;... Nobody; I myself. Othello. Come, come; The small'st opinion on my least misuse? O,—Desdemona,—. Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong If I do die before thee prithee, shroud me But I do think it is their husbands' faults They are not ever jealous for the cause, As jealous creatures are, it were enough I have a pain upon my forehead here. Significant quotes in William Shakespeare's Othello with explanations. Emilia, come. Nor I. Desdemona. When your eyes roll so: why I should fear I know not,... That death's unnatural that kills for loving. Nor I; I would not there reside, To put my father in impatient thoughts By being in his eye. What's the matter? For even her folly help'd her to an heir. Sing willow, willow, willow; Yet could I bear that too; well, very well: III,3,1630. If wives do fall: say that they slack their duties, [He puts the handkerchief from him; and it drops] (1.3.) I cannot speak of this. Desdemona. Do you perceive in all this noble company But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, In one of those same sheets. Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse If she confess that she was half the wooer, At this time, a woman was expected to show total obedience to the male authority in her life, but Desdemona is now transitioning from loyalty to her father to loyalty to her new husband. Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frize; If I do prove her haggard, For I am nothing, if not critical. Othello. In her prophetic fury sew'd the work; Emilia. Then would to God that I had never seen't! Let him confess a truth. Clown. How is't with you, my lord. Desdemona. I know not how I lost him. what's the news with you? For 'twas that hand that gave away my heart. That can thy light relume. An unkind breach: but you shall make all well. Emilia. Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell! Desdemona. Of human dealings. Othello- He has decided that he wants to kill Desdemona. The ills we do, their ills instruct us so. I have heard it said so. Enwheel thee round! Light on the man! I love thee gentle Desdemona. Here, Othello says that he wants to be remembered by the word man, not by "easily jealous". When it hath blown his ranks into the air, Before leaving, he orders … A liberal hand: the hearts of old gave hands; Sing all a green willow must be my garland. So would not I. my love doth so approve him, Solicit for it straight. Desdemona. One more, one more. monarch? Making it light to Cassio. Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve,- [Enter DESDEMONA, EMILIA, IAGO, RODERIGO, and Attendants] I cannot say 'whore:' Her father appears to be a controlling man, and she stands up to him. Out, and alas! Obviously, there is an age difference. II,3,1403. And his unkindness may defeat my life, Sing all a green willow: Swear thou art honest. Ay, but, lady, But our new heraldry is hands, not hearts. And, like the devil, from his very arm Sure, there's some wonder in this handkerchief: Out, strumpet! Full of crusadoes: and, but my noble Moor For the whole world. Alas, Iago, my lord hath so bewhored her. It yet hath felt no age nor known no sorrow. O, these men, these men! Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio Do not doubt, Cassio, But I will have my lord and you again... 23. you must awhile be patient: Desdemona. To fortune's alms. Othello. For thy solicitor shall rather die Beshrew me much, Emilia, But never more be officer of mine. Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes, Come now, your promise. Hath founded his good fortunes on your love, praise me? Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. But that he's well and will be shortly here. Or that I do not yet, and ever did. Even to the very quality of my lord: Desdemona. The heavens forbid What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst When we do quicken. How now, my dear Othello! Destruction on my head, if my bad blame I have been talking with a suitor here,... Why, your lieutenant, Cassio. Delighted them in any other form; Desdemona. Desdemona. 21. Othello. Emilia. For the whole world. Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia? Desdemona didn't actually cheat on Othello but she did feel guilty that Othello had found out about her possibly having a crush on Cassio. Should I repent me: but once put out thy light, Or else break out in peevish jealousies, Farewell, my Desdemona: I'll come to thee straight. Cassio. O curse of marriage, That I did love the Moor to live with him, Sadly, Desdemona's death only happened because her husband couldn’t trust her. Made to write 'whore' upon? The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk; Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband, This quote demonstrates Desdemona's strength and bravery. Well, do it, and be brief; I will walk by: That, I being absent and my place supplied, Unkindness may do much; Cousin, there's fall'n between him and my lord This is a trick to put me from my suit: Desdemona. Save that, they say, the wars must make examples Desdemona. [Exit IAGO] [Singing] I call'd my love false love; but what Desdemona. Emilia. He persuades Othello that his "honesty and love doth mince this matter" when the opposite is true. My dear Othello! Let me go with him. They are sorted by the sub-headings: 1) The character of Othello 2) The character of Iago 3) The character of Desdemona 4) Tragedy 5) Context/Race. Puff'd his own brother:—and can he be angry? Prithee, unpin me,—have grace and favour in them. 'Tis as I should entreat you wear your gloves, From any other foul unlawful touch But never taint my love. Othello. Othello. Madam, my former suit: I do beseech you Desdemona. Yet have we some revenge. 19. Emilia. He points out that Desdemona demonstrably has the capacity to lie and keep secrets since she hid her courtship with Othello from her disapproving father. , you 'll never meet a more sufficient man have laid those sheets you bade me dismiss. Can you tell me of my lord ; your true and loyal wife putting in... 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