Othello Act 3 Quotes
Iago
Ha! I like not that
Iago
The Moor already changes with my poision
Othello By not answering Othello's questions and simply echoing them, Iago has made Othello believe that he knows something about Cassio and Desdmona that Othello does not
Think, my lord?" Alas, thou echo'st me/ As if there were some monster in thy thought/ Too hideous to be shown. Thou dost mean something./ I heard thee say even now thou lik'st not that/ When Cassio left my wife. What didst not like?/ And when I told thee he was of my counsel/ Of my whole course of wooing, thou cried'st "Indeed?"/ And didst contract and purse thy brow together/ As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain/ Some horrible conceit. If thou dost love me/ Show me thy thought."
Othello He says that if he proves his wife is unfaithful, he will set her free. Unfortunately, his jealousy will make him do the opposite.
This fellow's of exceeding honesty/ And knows all quantities, with a learnèd spirit,/ Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard,/ Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings, I'd whistle her off and let her down the wind/ To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black
Othello
This fellows of exceeding honesty
Othello
As if there were some monster in his though/ Too hideous to be shown
Desdemona
Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do/ All my abilities in they behalf.
Emelia -desdemona saying she never gave othello a reason to be jealous -"jealous people arent jealous because of something, jealous just to be jealous" -ironic because othellos jealousy was provoked.
"But jelous sould will not be answered so/ They are not ever jealous for the cause,/ But jealous for they're jealous. It is a monster/ Begot upon itself, born on itself."
Desdemona -She promises to speak to Othello for Cassio out of a vow of friendship -showing that there is nothing sexual between the two of them.
"Do not doubt that. Before Emilia here/ I give thee warrant of thy place. Assure thee, / If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it/ To the last article. My lord shall never rest,"
Iago -tells Othello about the importance of reputation
"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,/Is the immediate jewel of their souls."
Emelia -why Othello not forgive Cassio and give him back the job of lieutenant
"He you hurt is of great fame in Cyprus,/ And great affinity, and that in wholesome wisdom/ He might not but refuse you.
Iago -He says that he does not have proof, but he tells Othello to watch his wife in her interactions with Cassio. -suggests that Italian women are good at cheating on their husbands and hiding it from them
"I am glad of this, for now I shall have reason/ To show the love and duty that I bear you/ With franker spirit. Therefore, as I am bound,/ Receive it from me. I speak not yet of proof./ Look to your wife, observe her well with Cassio./ Wear your eyes thus, not jealous nor secure./ I would not have your free and noble nature/ Out of self-bounty be abused. Look to 't./ I know our country disposition well./ In Venice they do let God see the pranks/ They dare not show their husbands. Their best conscience/ Is not to leave 't undone, but keep't unknown."
Desdemona -some things Desdemona claims she will do to help Cassio get his job back
"My lord shall never rest; I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience;/His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;/I'll intermingle every thing he does/ With Cassio's suit."
Othello -climax -no turning back -wants revenge
"Now do I see 'tis true, Look here, Iago, all my fond love thus do I blow to heaven tis' gone, arise black vengence, from the hollow hell"
Iago -claiming being honest leads to bad -makes Othello feel bad + believe him more
"O wretched fool, to make thine honesty a vice"
Emelia -shows difference in lower class -men can't be trusted to be rational -often expel women from their lives -men don't appreaciate women
"They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; to eat us hungrily, and when they are full, they bench us out."
Othello It's more painful to be filled with doubt about his wife than to live unknowingly of her unfaithfulness
"Thou has set me on the rack. I swear 'tis better to be much abused than but to know't a little.
Othello -metaphor
"Your napkin is too little let it alone" [falls unoticed]
Desdemona -this shows Desdemona's trust in Othello.
"my noble Moor / Is true of mind and made of no such baseness / As jealous creatures are," because otherwise the loss of the handkerchief might be "enough / To put him to ill thinking"
Othello
"thou shouldst be honest"
Iago
"to be direct and honest is not safe"
Iago
But I do see you're moved./ I am to pray you, not to strain my speech/ To grosser issues, nor to larger reach/ Than to suspicion
Emilia This connects to the theme of jealousy. She explains that jealousy is an emotion without logic or reason behind it. The emotion is a monster and it has the ability to destroy people.
But jealous souls will not be answered so. They are not ever jealous for the cause, But jealous for they're jealous. It is a monster Begot upon itself, born on itself.
Iago to Othello -making it seem like cassio was hiding something to make othello sus -Theme: Appearance vs Reality. -tIn reality, Cassio sneaks away because he feels ashamed of his earlier actions
Cassio, my lord? No, sure, I cannot think it/ That he would sneak away so guilty-like,/ Seeing you coming
Othello He says he will decide how to murder his wife. He appoints Iago his lieutenant. -Iago gets what he wants -Othello driven to jelous insanity
Damn her, lewd minx! Oh, damn her, damn her! Come, go with me apart. I will withdraw To furnish me with some swift means of death For the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant.
Othello He explains the significance of the napkin he gave to Desdemona. He suggests that if it were lost, it would be a total disaster. This is foreshadowing as the napkin is in fact lost and grief and disaster will strike. He confides to Desdemona that the handkerchief was given by an Egyptian "charmer" to his mother in order to keep his father "faithful" and under her spell By linking the handkerchief to the chastity of Desdemona, Othello interprets the loss of the handkerchief as conclusive proof of Desdemona's adultery.
Did an Egyptian to my mother give, She was a charmer and could almost readThe thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but if she lost it Or made gift of it, my father's eye Should hold her loathèd and his spirits should hunt After new fancies. She, dying, gave it me And bid me, when my fate would have me wived, To give it her. I did so, and take heed on 't, Make it a darling like your precious eye. To lose 't or give 't away were such perdition As nothing else could match.
Emelia -iago just entered and asked why shes there alone -"calm down i have something for you" (handkerchief) -emilia feeding into iagos plan, marks beginning of plan working
Do not chide. I have a thing for you.
Othello -forshadow chaos he says that, unfortunately, he still loves her, and the day that he stops loving her is when chaos will hit.
Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul/ But I do love thee! And when I love thee not,/ Chaos is come again
Othello -ranting about his frustrations -feels like his job isnt worth it without desdemona -shows how much desdemona means
Farewell! Othellos occupations gone!
Desdemona -dosent want othello to become jelous
Heaven keep that monster from Othello's mind!
Iago
Honest, my lord?
Othello He wants Iago to kill Cassio in three days time.
I accept your devotion with my deepest love. I'll put you to the test right away. Within the next three days I want to hear you tell me that Cassio's dead.
Iago
I did not think he had been acquainted with her
Othello -iago trying to subtly make othello feel upset -othello still thinks desdemonas faithful until theres proof shes not -shows othellos optimism
I do not think but Desdemona's honest
Othello
I had been happy if the general camp, Pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, So I had nothing known
Iago
I know not that, but such a handkerchief— I am sure it was your wife's—did I today See Cassio wipe his beard with.
Emelia -desdemona asked where she could have lost the handkerchief -emilia lying and being an accomplice to iagos plan, betraying her friend
I know not, madam.
Cassio
I never knew a Florentine more kind or honest
Othello -othello trying to convince iago to be honest -othello is conflicted because he doesnt know what he believes -needs proof/evidence so a belief can be confirmed
I think my wife is honest, and think she is not;/ I think thou art just, and think thou art not/Ill have some proof!
Desdemona -she says Othello isn't the jealous type so there's no need to worry. -According to her, Othello's "true of mind" and much too "noble" to stoop to "such baseness."
I think the sun where he was born Drew all such humors from him.
Iago He plans on putting the napkin in Cassio's house so that Othello might see Cassio using it. He says that Othello is already changing as a result of Iago's words.
I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin/ And let him find it. Trifles light as air/ Are to the jealous confirmations strong/ As proofs of holy writ. This may do something./ 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 sulfur.
Othello to Iago -iago just told him his "thoughts" that cassio and desdemona are a thing -othello's not gonna doubt desdemona until theres proof she is not and once there is hes done with her -foreshadows to when he will be jealous
I'll see before I doubt; when I doubt, prove;/ And on the proof, there is no more but this: Away at once with love or jealousy!
Othello
I'll tear her all to pieces!/ Oh, blood, blood, blood!
Iago to Othello -talking about cassio -saying people should be transparent -ironic because iago is not what he seems
Men should be what they seem;/ Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
Desdemona She tells Cassio to be patient and says that Othello is not acting like his usual self but she will continue to try to help Cassio
My lord is not my lord, nor should I know him Were he in favor as in humor altered.
Iago
My lord, you know I love you
Emilia
My wayward husband hath a hundred times/ Wooed me to steal it
Desdemona
O, That's an honest fellow!
Iago This applies to the theme of jealousy and it is dramatic irony because the audience knows Iago wants Othello to go insane with jealousy -planting seeds of jelousy in othello
O, beware, my lord, of jealous!/ It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock/ The meat it feeds on.
Othello -saying how hes been going crazy thinking about desdemona and cassio -he will never be at peace/happy bc he can only think about this -iagos plan is working
Oh, now forever/ Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!
Iago -echoing Barbantio
She did deceive her father, marrying you
Cassio He gives Bianca the napkin that he has found in his house. She is jealous because she believes it belongs to another woman.
Sweet Bianca, /Take me this work out./ Go to woman/ You are jealous now/ That this is from some mistress, some remembrance/ I found it in my chamber. (Mix of lines)
Othello -telling her how special the handkerchief is and how bad it would be to lose it -"magic in the handkerchief" -ironic because othello was accused of witchcraft -metaphor for how brilliant iagos tangled plans are
There's magic in the web of it.
Desdemona -She will not let Othello rest until she succeeds in making him friends with Cassio again. -representation of her kind and helpful nature. -foreshadows future events.
Therefore be merry, Cassio,/ For thy solicitor shall rather die/ Than give thy cause away.
Iago -after saying he will put the handkerchief in cassios room -jealous people blow little/unimportant things out of proportion -jealously spreads quickly and makes people believe things strongly
Trifles light as air/ Are to the jealous confirmations strong/ As proofs of holy writ.
Iago to Othello -othello telling iago to say what hes thinking and not be so shady -setting up a hypothetical that is actually true (say they...)
Utter my thoughts? Why, say they are vile and false-
Othello -tell Iago he better be able to prove desdemon is cheating, get visual proof -threatens him with his rage
Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whor e, Be sure of it. Give me the ocular proof Or by the worth of mine eternal soul Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my waked wrath!
Othello
Villian, be sure thou prove my love a *****
Iago
Wear your eye thus, not jealous, nor secure
Othello
What dost thou think?
Othello -iago just left, othello said to give him more info when he knows -starting to have doubts, thinks iago is being nice and not saying everything to spare him pain -ironic because we know he does
Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless/ Sees and knows more, much more than he unfolds
Iago
Why, then, I think Cassio's an honest man
