Quotes from Othello

Quotes from Othello

1. 'Let him do his spite'

   • This is Othello's first appearance within the play, even after all the accusations of him being spiteful and villainous he comes across as calm and collected

2. 'I must be found'

   • Othello reveals his integrity, this could be seen as a reference to him being an outsider as he still needs to find himself among these people.

3. 'Rude I am in my speech'

   • Othello is needlessly modest, he refers to himself as rude as he knows he is a valiant and skilled speaker, but he wants to create sympathy for himself.

4. 'She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her she did pity them'

   • Othello shows his blind love towards Desdemona, this also reveals that there relationship is based solely upon pity

5. 'I am bound to these forever'

   • Othello shows that he is completely trusts in Iago, he trusts in whatever he says, he has bonded with him

6. 'This fellow is exceedingly honest and knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, of human delaings'

   • Othello wrongly believes that Iago is honest and compassionate. Although the villain understands some of human dealings allowing him to manipulate characters in the play, his limitation lies in the fact that he doesn't understand love.

7. 'She's gone,. I am abused and my relief must be to loathe her'

   • Othello believes that her pure beauty contradicts her unfaithfulness, he no longer trusts in her and his mission is now to get rid of her.

8. 'I'll tear her all to pieces'

   • This is the point where Othello becomes animalistic and violent, he is no reflecting his character from the very first scene of act 1.

9. 'Prove my love a whore'

   • Othello is now demanding ocular proof, however, he looks to Iago for this.